Lyda Cox

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Lyda Mae Walker Cox, 96, formerly of Covington, died Thursday, Aug. 12, at Pilgrim Manor Nursing Home in Bossier City, La.
She was a homemade candy sales clerk at the J.H. Shillito Co. of Cincinnati and a clerk at Park Dry Goods of Covington. A member of South Side Baptist Church of Covington, she was the PTA president of the 5th District and Jon G. Carlisle elementary schools, Covington.

Her husband, Glavis "Skip" Cox, died in 1999.

Survivors include her daughters, June Cox Ballinger of Bossier City and Gloria Cox Houston of Erlanger; sister, Alma Walker Wiley of Covington; four grandchildren; one step-grandchild; four great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild; and four step-great-great grandchildren.

Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Aug. 18, followed by services, at Allison & Rose Funeral Home of Taylor Mill. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Taylor Mill.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 297 Buttermilk Pike, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017; or American Heart Association, 5211 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45227.