Former State Rep. Ray Lyn Cox, 81, Bonner Springs, died on Sunday, May 10, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family.
Cox served from 1993 to 2006 in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing District 39, including the Bonner Springs area. He also served many years on the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Board of Education.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the Bonner Springs United Methodist Church, 425 W. Morse Ave., Bonner Springs. A private family committal will be held at a later date.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the church, before the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ray Cox Scholarship Fund in care of the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home.
He was born Oct. 1, 1933, in Topeka, Kan., and grew up in Lawrence, Kan., graduating from Liberty Memorial High School in 1951. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Italy and Austria. He attended the University of Kansas, where he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education.
Cox taught and coached football at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan., and then moved to the Bonner Springs area in 1963 where he was a longtime teacher, coach and administrator.
He started an investment consulting company in 1973 which continues as Cox and Neal, LLC in Bonner Springs.
He was the Bonner Springs Marion Vaughn Community Service Award Winner in 2008 and had held many positions in local civic groups.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Monte Gene Cox, in March of 2015 and a grandson, Jeremy Bray, in 2014.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Judy Cox, of the home, one brother, Dennis Cox; five children, Jan Goff, Kristi Bray (Bruce), Monte Cox (Terri), Christa McCloud (Craig), Robin Neal (Tim); 10 grandchildren Alison, Brandon, Megan, Blake, Monte Ray, Amber, Cody, Conner, Kaden and Julia; and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, Bonner Springs