A Celebration of Life for Barbara will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 12:00 noon for family and close friends at her Morgan Hill home. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Hospice of the Valley, 4850 Union Ave., San Jose, CA 95124, 408-559-5600 or in Fresno to Nancy Hines Hospice, 2490 W. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93711 (559) 248-8591.
 Barbara (Brown) Cox was born September 3, 1924, in Long Beach, CA, the only child of Edward and Cleo Brown.
 She joined her Heavenly Father on September 8, 2014, at the age of 90 in her Morgan Hill home, surrounded by her loving family.
 She moved to Lindsay, CA at the age of four where she attended school and graduated Lindsay High in 1942. She then married James H. Noble in 1943, and they had two children, Sandra and Alan Noble.
 Barbara and her children relocated to Fresno in the early 1950’s where she met her happily ever after, Harold C. Cox. They married in the Yosemite Valley Chapel, Yosemite National Park on October 11, 1958 where they combined their families of four daughters and one son.
 Barb and Harold moved to Morgan Hill in 1974, when they purchased their dream home on a hill with a beautiful view where she enjoyed the rest of her life.
 Barbara’s career took her in many different directions from executive secretary to real estate broker to antique dealer extraordinaire when she owned the Fluffy Ewe in Gilroy.
 As a wife, Barbara joined her husband Harold on many of his hunting and fishing adventures that took them all over the world. As a mother, she gave all of her children the gift of homemaking, sewing, cooking, how to plan a holiday theme party and so much more. As a grandmother, she gave the gift of teaching her grandchildren how to garden, paint, take photographs and how to make a deal at the local flea market, where they would often spend the summers with her.
 She often planned trips with the grandchildren for adventures.
 As a great-grandmother, she would nurture the babies, providing lots of hugs and kisses while she enjoyed watching them run and play as they grew into young adults.
 As Barbara gave to her family, she also gave to her community. She volunteered for United Cerebral Palsy, Morgan Hill Art Gallery, she was a past member of American Business Woman Association and Fraternal Order of Eastern Star plus many other organizations. I
 In addition to giving to her community, she was also an award winning photographer, an accomplished home designer and she had a love affair with American Baseball as well as a long-time member of Gavilan Hills Unity Church in Gilroy.
 She is survived by her husband of 56 years and 11 months Harold C. Cox of Morgan Hill. Four children, Sandra (Ric) Popp, Modesto, Alan (Lisa) Noble, Fresno, Sherry (Phillip) Jarrett, La Costa, Barbara Ann Cox, Oakland, son-in-law Don Avakian, Fresno. Five grandchildren, Alycia (Jim) Vetro, Turlock, Christian Avakian, Fresno, Eryn Popp, Modesto, Christopher Noble, Four Oaks, NC, Corbett Noble, Fresno, Lacey (Jason) McGhee, Fresno, and ten great-grandchildren, two labs, Maggie and Charlie.
 Barbara was preceded in death by her parents and daughter Vicki Kathleen Cox Avakian.
 The family would like to thank her in home care givers, Kerinda, Terri A. and Terri C. for their loving care and support over the last two years.
Barbara B. Cox September 3, 1924 – September 8, 2014
