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Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 27, 1959, A1: First Local Polio Fatality of Year. The first death from polio in Corpus Christi this year was recorded today when Coyt Rhoshell Briscoe, 44, night supervisor for Suntide Refining Co., died in Memorial Hospital at 7:50 a.m. His illness was diagnosed as polio and he was admitted to the hospital Monday. Briscoe, who resided on Viola Road, was born in Rogers March 16, 1915. He came to Corpus Christi from Electra six years ago. He was a member of the Ebony Acres Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; three daughters, Jane, Ruth and Becky, and a son, Coyt Jr., all of Corpus Christi; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Box of Fort Worth, and a sister, Mrs. Robert E. Lee of San Antonio. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cage-Mills Funeral Home.

Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 28, 1959, B8: Coyt Rhoshell Briscoe. Funeral services for Coyt Rhoshell Briscoe, 44, night supervisor for Suntide Refining Co. Will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Cage-Mills Funeral Chapel with G. S. Westbrook officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Briscoe died of polio yesterday in a local hospital. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, one son, his parents, and a sister.

Birth	16 Mar 1915	Rogers, Bell Co., Texas
Death	27 Aug 1959	Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas
Alt name		Coyt R. Briscoe
Burial		Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas

Spouse	Dorothy Dema Peden (1919 - 1967)
Child	Erjuna Jane Briscoe (1945 - 2006)
Child	Barbara Ruth Briscoe (1946 - )
Child	Rebecca Ann "Becky" Briscoe (1949 - )
Child	Coyt Rhoshell Briscoe Jr. (1952 - )

Father	James Franklin Briscoe (1894 - 1917)
Mother	Dorothy Lee Bales (1895 - 1971)