Mrs. Ora Mae Tippitt McNeill Cox, 98, of Hickory Plains, Arkansas, passed from this life Monday, December 29, 2008, at Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Des Arc. She was born to Cordis and Nancy Grace Jones Tippitt on December 3, 1910, at Wattensaw, Arkansas.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Norman L. McNeill; her second husband, Rupert Cox; two daughters, Mary Louise McNeill and Norma Faye McNeill; one son, Eugene McNeill; one brother, Harvey Tippitt; four sisters, Rita Tippitt, Verna Gross, Ona Pryor, and Hazel Lendermon; and one son-in-law, Phillip Hansmann.
She is survived by three sons, John L. McNeill (Joyce) of Des Arc, Jerry McNeill (Shirley), Mike McNeill (Willie) of Hickory Plains; two daughters, Lela Rogers (Don) and Margaret Hansmann of Des Arc; twelve grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Westbrook Funeral Home, Beebe. Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Hickory Plains Missionary Baptist Church in Hickory Plains, Arkansas, with burial in Hickory Plains Cemetery.
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