Lena Lou Ella Cox, 94, Hamilton, Mo., passed away on January 23, 2018, at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home, Hamilton.

Lou Ella was born on January 20, 1924, in Gallatin, Mo., to Sinyard M. and Elizabeth A. (Gann) McCrary. She graduated from the Breckenridge, Mo., high school.

She was a member of the First Christian Church in Gallatin and also attended the Hamilton Federated Church, Hamilton.

Lou Ella married James Warren Cox, Jr. on January 10, 1944, in Caldwell County, Mo. She and her husband lived in the New York, Mo., community after their marriage, and they also worked together farming and were the custodians of the New York School. Later Lou Ella was the head of housekeeping at Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Hamilton for 13 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brother-Marshall McCrary; sister-Jean Redmond; and son-Larry Cox.

Survivors: Daughter-Pamela (Jim) Sweiven, Hamilton; 7 grandchildren-Cash (Angie) Sweiven, Kansas City, Mo.; Kristi (Eric) Bruning, Springfield, Mo.; Eric (Lizette) Sweiven, Sacramento, CA; Karin (Ken) Bourquin, Sacramento; Laurel (Robert) Glendening, Oklahoma City, OK; Kristen (James) Tucker, Oklahoma City; Justin Cox, Oklahoma City; Daughter-In-Law-Judy Cox Fortner, Oklahoma City; and 12 great-grandchildren-Sienna, Luke and Annie Sweiven; Genna, Kaden, and Christopher Bourquin; Emily and Erin Bruning; Katie Sweiven; and Robert J., Nicholas, and Logan Glendening.

Graveside Services & Interment: 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, southeast of Hamilton, Mo.

There will be no formal visitation.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home or to Three Rivers Hospice in care of Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.