Who is Mary Cox? Part Three
Well friends, I still don’t have a clue who Mary Cox is. I finally broke down and got a subscription to ancestry.com to assist me in my search. I found out there are an awful lot of women named Mary…
Who is Mary Cox: Part Five – Mary Ann Cox
I’ve been asking the question “Who is Mary Cox?” for some time now and though I’ve answered some of that question, I’m going to attempt to answer it more fully. I’ll start with the fact that it appears she is…
Who is Mary Cox? Part Four
She called. I am in Boston and Tommy is in North Carolina. I’ve just come back from having a cortisone shot in my jaw joint at a doctor’s appointment in Boston and Tommy and I are taking on our cell…
Finding ME: A Guest Post by Magi Bish
We met Tommy and Rachel through a mutual friend. Tommy wanted to talk with us about his sister, a vision he had, and about our Molly. Tommy had a story he had carried for many years about his oldest sister,…
The Bond of Sibling Loss by Dr. Heather Bish-Martin
Guest Blog By Dr. Heather Bish-Martin I met Tommy and Rachel through a mutual friend, and was told they were interested in my sister's story because Tommy had lost a sister too, to murder. I am always interested in meeting…
Murder Matters Begins: The Bish Family
About two years ago, Tommy came home from a meeting with our now-manager Sally and told me, “I know what we’re going to do.” He went on to tell me that Sally had asked him in their meeting “what do…
Who Is Mary Cox? Part Two
So, I make it to the Office of Vital Records. I have three names on my list: Grace, David, and Mary. I’m not sure how imagined the office would look but it’s nothing how I pictured it. Nothing ever is,…
My Mother Grew up With a Murderer and It Shows
When I was a little girl my mother taught me not to talk to strangers, to lock the doors and windows, and to fight like hell if I needed to. She taught me a code word to use casually on…
Who Is Mary Cox? Part One
I’ve been combing the local papers from late 1990 for news articles related to my late sister in law Grace’s unsolved murder. I’ve found myself immersed in the culture of the era. Not the nostalgic pop culture that we like…