Mr L. T. (Tommy) Cook, age 72, retired garage owner of route 1, Palestine, died Friday, May 25, at 1:15 p m in a Palestine hospital, following an illness. Mr Cook formerly lived at Percilla before moving to Palestine. He was born in Florida on January 30, 1879.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 28, at 4 p m in the Hassell and Foster Chapel with Rev Paul Weisinger officiating. Interment was in the Davis cemetery, near Grapeland.
Pallbearers: Frank Wells, Jno. White, Marion Evans, Vard Evans, Frank Steadman, Henry Bynum, Olen Maln and Buck Lasiter.
Survivors: wife, Mrs Jessie Mae Cook, Palestine; three sons, Odell and Hamilton Cook, both of Palestine and James M. Cook of Biloxie, Miss; three daughters, Mrs. Jack Ashby of Crockett, Mrs Milton Luce of Porterville, Calif., Mrs James B. Ward of Ft. Worth, two brothers, John Cook of Crockett and Arthur Cook of Florida; five sisters, Mrs. Mack Streetman and Mrs Oma Nichols, both of Grapeland, Mrs Mary Hudson of Elkhart, Mrs Nettie Taylor of Houston and Mrs Jettie Suggs of Florida; 10 grandchildren.
(Printed in the Grapeland Messenger, May 31, 1951)
Mr L. T. (Tommy) Cook, age 72, retired garage owner of route 1, Palestine, died Friday, May 25, at 1:15 p m in a Palestine hospital, following an illness. Mr Cook formerly lived at Percilla before moving to Palestine. He was born in Florida on January 30, 1879.
Funeral services were held Monday, May 28, at 4 p m in the Hassell and Foster Chapel with Rev Paul Weisinger officiating. Interment was in the Davis cemetery, near Grapeland.
Pallbearers: Frank Wells, Jno. White, Marion Evans, Vard Evans, Frank Steadman, Henry Bynum, Olen Maln and Buck Lasiter.
Survivors: wife, Mrs Jessie Mae Cook, Palestine; three sons, Odell and Hamilton Cook, both of Palestine and James M. Cook of Biloxie, Miss; three daughters, Mrs. Jack Ashby of Crockett, Mrs Milton Luce of Porterville, Calif., Mrs James B. Ward of Ft. Worth, two brothers, John Cook of Crockett and Arthur Cook of Florida; five sisters, Mrs. Mack Streetman and Mrs Oma Nichols, both of Grapeland, Mrs Mary Hudson of Elkhart, Mrs Nettie Taylor of Houston and Mrs Jettie Suggs of Florida; 10 grandchildren.
(Printed in the Grapeland Messenger, May 31, 1951)
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Warren Franklin Melton
1868–1944
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Rev Arthur Walter Cook
1874–1956
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Clara Parasota Cook Streetman
1876–1954
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Smithy Leola Cook
1877–1950
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Naomi Cook Nichols
1881–1972
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Jettie Irene Cook Suggs
1882–1972
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James Jackson Cook
1884–1932
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Nettie Virginia Cook Taylor
1886–1968
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John William Cook
1888–1966
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Perry Lee Cook
1888–1919
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Mary Lou Cook Hudson
1891–1976
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Martha Eliza Cook
1893–1945
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