MARY KATHERINE FISHER
Mary Katherine Fisher is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher.  She is plannin on studying at Southern Methodist University next fall. Mary attended both grade school and high school at Carrollton.
Mary appreciated all of her high school teachers and the course that she liked best was American history. Her favorite movie actor and actress are Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh. Her best-liked  author is Edna Ferber.
The event that Mary enjoyed most in school was the Junior-Senior Banquet. John McKamy is the senior that Mary Katherine feels has done the most for Carrollton High this year.
Mary wishes to live in Dallas during her adult life and then go to New York and Chicago.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, May 16, 1941

Howard Cox Exchanges Vows With Mary Katharine Fisher

The Highland Park Methodist Church was the setting Saturday evening for the marriage of Miss Mary Katharine Fisher and Howard Joseph Cox.  Dr. Marshall T. Steel officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fisher, 4017 Greenbrier. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Cox, Cox Lane.
The bride given in marriage by her father, wore a dress of white marquisette and imported lace over satin. It was designed with a deep set-in yoke oulined by a double row of lace folds.
The fitted lace bodice fastened down the back with tiny self-covered buttons and the long lace sleeves tapered to petal points at her hands.  The full skirt, worn over hoops, was designed with a deep lace peplum and extended into a formal-length train.
Her fingertip veil of imported illusion was caught to a half-hat of illusion and seed pearls. She carried a bouquet of French carnations centered with a large white orchid.
The bridegroom's sister, Miss Joy Cox, was maid of honor and Mrs. Donald Aton was matron of honor.  Walter Sorensen was best man, and the ushers were Dr. John Wyatt Fisher, borther of the biride from New Orleans, L.a.; Richmond Cook and D. W. Pickett, Beaumont.
The wedding music was presented by Mrs. Elbert Marshall, organist, and Wayne Conner, soloist.
A reception was held in the garden of the Fisher home. Mrs. Jack L. Blasingame cut the wedding cake and Mrs. John Henry Wall registered guests. Other members of the house party were Mrs. Nickols Kokles, Mrs. Robert Penn, Misses Mary Frances Cox, Alice Cochran, Peggy Stanley and Mildred Good.
As the couple left on a wedding trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C., the bride was wearing a navy silk Shantung suit with a white hand-embroidered blouse. Her accessories were navy and she wore a white orchid.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox are graduates of SMU. She was a member of Sigma Kappa social sorority and Iota Epsilon honor society. He was a member of Delta Sigma Pi, professional businss fraternity, and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary business fraternity.  He served a year in the Army.
The newlyweds will be at home in Franklin, La.

The Dallas Morning News, June 11, 1950

Mary Katharine Fisher Cox
Cox, Mrs. Howard Joseph, Sr. (Mary Katharine Fisher) Born January 13, 1924; died August 7, 2009. Survived by husband Howard Joseph Cox, Sr.; son, Howard Joseph Cox, Jr. and daughter-in-law Ruth H. Cox; daughter, Eleanor Katharine (Kitty) Cox Cunningham; five grandsons, John Pierce Cox, Timothy Louis Cox, Charles Cox (Chip) Cunningham, Austin Joseph Cunningham, and Waylon Wyatt Cunningham; and a brother, Dr. John Wyatt Fisher. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 13, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home. There will be a reception at the church on Friday from 9:30 A.M. till service time. There will be a reception at the church on Friday from 930am-until service time. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 14, 2009, at University Park United Methodist Church, 4024 Caruth Blvd. at Preston Road. Interment will follow in Webb Chapel Cemetery on Webb Chapel Road at Brincrest. Mrs. Cox was a graduate of Carrollton High School and Southern Methodist University. She was a life member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. She was a member of the Auxiliary of Gideons International, The Browning Study Club, Peters Colony Historical Society, and Dallas County Pioneers Association. She was a member of University Park United Methodist Church since 1971 and active in United Methodist Women and Monday Morning Prayer Group. In lieu of florals, memorials may be made to University Park United Methodist Church Foundation or The Gideons International.

The Dallas Morning News - August 11, 2009
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

COX
Howard Joseph
July 28, 1924 - June 18, 2018
Mary K. Fisher
January 13, 1924 - August 7, 2009
Married June 10, 1950

Webb Chapel Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas