Rudolph Gene Fox

Rudolph Gene Fox, who has been a resident of the Lake Limestone-Lost Prairie area for the past fifteen years, passed away at Providence Health Center in Waco on Friday, September 14, 2012. He was 78 years old. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral services on Monday, September 17, 2012, from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M. at the Lost Prairie Baptist Church. The funeral service will begin at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, at the Lost Prairie Church, with Brother J. R. Tapley officiating. Mr. Fox will be buried in the Lost Prairie Cemetery beside his wife, Margaret, who passed away in 2002. Gene was born August 31, 1934 to James A. Fox and Vera A. Young in Bethany, Oklahoma. He became independent as a teenager and eventually made his way to Sarasota, Florida, where he married Margaret Earl Gill on January 21, 1954. They had four sons born in Sarasota, before moving to Texas. Gene had learned the paint and auto body repair business and worked in different towns for different dealers, and perfected his skills to the point where dealers had him prepare the show room display vehicles. While living in Conroe, he and Margaret operated the Edgewood Bowling Alley Café during the early seventies, as well as his paint and body job. Through his career as a combination frame-work, auto body, and paint man, he taught his skills and knowledge to many other young men in the multiple places where he worked. In 1995, after an injury on the job at Moore Henry Ford, Gene retired. In 1996, he and Margaret moved to Wayland’s Crossing at Lake Limestone, where he enjoyed the lake, and his family coming to the lake, as well as the friends he made locally. He was a devoted husband and a self-less caregiver to his wife who had serious health problems for many years. She received all his attention and care until she passed away. He was very particular about his yard, mowing frequently, because he loved to stay busy. Gene loved spending his time after he was a widower visiting with his friends and talking on the telephone. You knew he was happy by his giggle, and even his nurses adored him because of his flirting and friendliness. Gene was raised the son of a preacher, and was saved as a young boy. After moving to his area, he was a member of the Lost Prairie Baptist Church. Mr. Fox was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret in 2002; his parents; his oldest son, Charles Ray Fox (1-13-2004); a sister, Dorothy; and brothers, Leroy Fox and Leon Fox. He is survived by his son, James Fox of Livingston; son, Johnny Fox of Marshall; and son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Becky Fox of Willis; eleven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; brother, Buford Fox of Reno, NV; brother, Harold Fox of Kemp, OK; and half-sister, Clara Mae Henson of Point, TX.