Mrs. Fox

Edna Earl Mason Fox, 80, of Tollesboro died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at her home.
She was born May 23, 1928, in Mason County, the daughter of the late Andrew and Joan Henderson Mason. She was the widow of Eugene Fox.
Mrs. Fox was a librarian and teacher for the Lewis County Board of Education for 30 years. She and her husband, Gene fought hard to keep the Tollesboro School open. She attended Morehead State University and was active in her community where she was a member of the Tollesboro United Methodist Church where she and Gene were married in 1949.
She loved flowers and in her later years she started oil painting. She was a member of the Eastern Star for many years, worked with the Tollesboro Lions Club and helped many of her friends and neighbors in Tollesboro. She and Gene built the Tollesboro Kentucky Food Store which was hit by a tornado, but still stands now as the Citizens Deposit Bank.

Survivors include a daughter, Sandy Skipper Trumbo of Austin, Texas; grandchildren, Krist Kennedy, Sabrina Fulmer and Michelle Adams; and great-grandchildren, Kriten Kennedy, Michael Kennedy, Allison Skaggs and Jaylen Skaggs.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Richard Fox; and a brother, Elmo "Buster" Mason.
Services are 1 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at the Barbour and Son Funeral Home.
Burial will follow in the Ebenezer Cemetery on Big Cabin Creek.
Visitation is 6-9 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Fox loved God and people and always wished she could do more. She will be missed by her community, her friends, her past students and her family.