On September 16, 2007, MERCEDES BETTY LEE COX of Bel Air, MD. Beloved wife of Richard Theodore Cox, Sr. Devoted father of Richard T. Cox, Jr., John L. Cox and Anne Marie C. Race. Also survived by six grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and two nieces. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD, on Friday, September 21, 2007, at 9:30 A.M. Interment will be in Bel Air Memorial Gardens, Bel Air, MD. Friends may call at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Those who desire may contribute to the Leukemia & Lymphona Society, 11350 McCormick Road, Executive Plaza III, Suite 100, Hunt Valley, MD, 21031.