Earline Cox's Obituary
Earline Cox, age 81, was a resident of So, San Francisco, Ca. 0n October 31, 2024, at dawn, she went peacefully to her Heavenly home. Earline was born to W.T. Cox and Rosie Lee Hytower on December 27, 1942, in Coffeeville AL. She is the 1st grandchild of Earl Thomas and Pairlee (Smith) Hytower. Earline lived part of her early childhood in Alabama with her parents until they divorced. Her parents left Coffeeville to find better opportunities for themselves and their family. W.T. went up North and Rosie Lee went to Detroit and later moved to Oakland, California to be near her younger sister Louise. Earline remained in Coffeeville with her grandmother, who was affectionately known as “Big Mama”. She Joined Union Baptist Church and was baptized in the Creek. She loved going to church on Sunday. Later, her cousin Tina came to live with Big Mama. They were close, like sisters, until Earline went to live with her mother, stepfather, Lee Robinson Sr and her young brother, Leon Thompson. Tina went to live with her mother and Father in Detroit. In 1970, they were united again, when Tina moved to San Francisco. They remain sister-cousins forever.
Earline loved her being in California. There were many resources and programs to accommodate her disability, and it empowered her to be disability. She rode the bus on her own to school. She participated in Job Training programs and worked at Mare Island in Vallejo, in housekeeping at a hotel and as a home health care worker for seniors in her younger days. She volunteered as a a teacher’s aide @ Focus Adult Day Care in So. San Francisco. Earline received a Certificate of Appreciation from Collabria Care at her going away party in Napa, when she was moving to Bradford Home. Earline always strived to improve herself and she was proud of the work she did to make the world a better place.
Earline lived for over fifty years in Vallejo California where she resided at Adams Family Home. She joined the church across the street from her new home. Earline served on the Usher Board for over forty years, and she sang in the choir. She was the mother of the church when they moved her to Lovely Board Care, a senior facility. A few years later, she transferred to Bradford Home, a small nursing facility in South San Francisco because she needed more intensive care due to her failing health. Earline was always optimistic no matter how difficult her health challenges were at the time. She was a kind and generous person. She practiced unconditional love and expressed it in her daily life as respect, empathy, forgiveness and her faith in God.
Earline never married and had no children. Her “Children” were all the younger cousins, she watched over and had fun with at holiday gatherings, birthdays and graduations. If you needed a recipe, she always had one for you. She shared her chicken and rice with doctors, nurses and other staff at Kaiser and the adult Day School.
In addition to her parents Earline was preceded in death by her Stepfather Edward Robinson Sr; brother Leon Thompson; grandparents; Earl Thomas Hytower and Pairlee (Smith)Hytower Step-Grand-father, Will Hall. Aunt Mary (Rev Willie) Harris, Aunt Louise (Woody)Watkins, Uncle Willie (Addie)Hightower
Earline is survived by her niece Anita Sampson-Thompson; her special cousins: Ernestine (David) Hill; Vanessa Ann (Bernard)Nicholas; and many cousins in Alabama, California, Chicago, Kentucky, Louisiana. and throughout the United States.
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