Cox was born in Dallas on July 18, 1951, and adopted by Jake and Artie Cox of San Angelo, Texas, at nine months of age. In the spring of 1969, Jimmy graduated from Lake View High School, enlisted in the US Navy and was sent to Vietnam to fight in the war. After being discharged, he got a job as a wrangler at the Wickenburg Inn Tennis & Guest Ranch near Wickenburg, Arizona. During his downtime, he started tinkering with painting and bronze sculpture and over time became quite adept at it, with many of his works in museums all over the country. When asked what his favorite subject, said he favored painting and sculpting the "$10 a day" cowboys. He was also an actor, known for
The Young Riders (1989),
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992) and
The Good Old Boys (1995). On June 7, 2012, Cox died of cancer at the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston and buried in the veteran's cemetery.
Section C-13
Houston National Cemetery
Houston
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