ANN SYNNOTT COX
1935-2018
Elizabeth Ann Synnott Cox, 83, died peacefully on Thursday, the 15th of February 2018.
She was born in Houston on the 12th of February 1935, to Marjorie Sinclair Woods and Thomas Griffin Synnott, MD.
She attended Newcomb College and married Fagan Cox in 1954, her husband of 48 years and with whom she had four children. Family was Ann’s primary passion and she was a loving and devoted wife and tirelessly dedicated mother. She loved the beach and could be found there during the summers surrounded by her family and friends. In the winters, she enjoyed skiing in the mountains of Utah with her grandchildren. Ann was also a member of the Junior League of Houston.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Fagan Cox, her second husband, Conway Hall; and her parents. She is survived by her brother, William Synnott; daughter, Shari Cox; her sons: Keith Arnold Cox and his wife, Melanie; David Sinclair Cox and his wife, Joan; and Thomas Fagan Cox and his wife, Nan; ten grandchildren: Carter Sinclair Cox, Clemens Bourdeaux Cox, Calloway Longstreet Cox, Christy Sinclair Cox, Trenton Mider Cox, Margo Ann Cox, Kate McAllister Cox, Thomas Burrus Cox, Elizabeth Fagan Cox and Anne Grace Cox; and nieces Joan Ruby Lawhead, Nancy Ruby and Suzanne Ruby; and nephew, Thomas Cox.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from ten until half-past eleven o’clock in the morning on Tuesday, the 20th of February, in the family and brides rooms of the Chapel at the Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard in Houston.
The funeral service will then commence in the adjacent Chapel, officiated by The Rev. Dr. Doug Richnow, Senior Associate Rector.
Interment will follow, via and escorted cortège, at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in her name be directed to The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Blvd, Houston, TX, 77027; or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6055 South Loop East, Houston, TX 77087.