Background
Cox, Joseph Lawrence was born on December 7, 1932 in Trenton, Missouri, United States. Son of Forrest Curtis and Lillian Judson (Ritzenthaler) Cox.
Cox, Joseph Lawrence was born on December 7, 1932 in Trenton, Missouri, United States. Son of Forrest Curtis and Lillian Judson (Ritzenthaler) Cox.
Bachelor, University Missouri, Kansas City, 1961. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, Kansas City, 1965.
Bar: Kansas 1965, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1970. Partner Cox, Anderson & Covell, Mission, Kansas, 1965-1970. Private practice, Tonganoxie, Kansas, 1968-1990.
City attorney of Tonganoxie, 1967-1973, Linwood, Kansas, 1972-1978.
Municipal judge, Mission, 1969-1980, Tonganoxie, 1983-1990, Topeka, 1990. With United States Air Force, 1952-1954.
Vice president Sertoma Foundation. Member Kansas Bar Association, Kansas Municipal Judges Association (board directors 1975-1979, president 1977-1978), Topeka Bar Association, Masons, Shriners, Sertoma (governor Kansas district 1998-1999, foundation trustee), Topeka Evening Sertoma (president 1995-1996), Jayhawk Sertoma (president 1973-1976).
Married Lois Marie Hubble, May 20, 1956. Children: Margaret Marie Cox Jarvis, Martha Mae Cox Anderson.