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John Waid Cook

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John Waid Cook

Birth
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Death
25 Apr 1947 (aged 65)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.6738783, Longitude: -96.813325
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Son of Artist Greenberry & Naomi Beard Cook, John Waid was the middle child of 10 children. His siblings were:

* Walter Monroe Cook
* Warner Earl Cook
* Daniel Webster Cook
* Winnie Cook
* Minnie Pearl Cook Folmar
* Waymon Green Cook
* Waitsel Elizabeth Cook Clakley
* William Benjamin (Ben) Cook
* Monnie Naomi Cook Bailey

Waid married Lee Eller Gertrude (Gertie) McNeill. To this union were born seven children:

* Artis Cook
* Sultania Cook Walker
* Infant Son Cook
* John Hubbard Lavert Cook
* Ollie Bell Cook Rabe
* Mary D. Cook
* Lester Cook

His obituary is transcribed from the scrapbook of Ola Mae Nokes (Waid's niece):

"Funeral Services for John Waid Cook, 65, foreman in the Dallas Water Department for 32 years, who died Friday at his residence, 5226 Ash Lane, were to be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the East Grand Baptist Church.

A native of Limestone County, Mr. Cook had lived in Dallas for 37 years. He had been ill for two years.

Mr. Cook was a deacon at the East Grand Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Gertrude; two daughters, Mrs. J.J. Walker, Dallas; Mrs. William M. Rabe, New Orleans; a son, J. Hubbard Cook, Dallas; five grandchildren; a brother, W.B. Cook, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Luke Clakley, Irontin, Cherokee Co., and Mrs. Albert Bailey, Artesia, NM.

Dr. J.M. Bradford, Dr. H.E. Fowler and Rev. R.H. Riley were to conduct the services and interment was to be in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Arrangements by Guardian Funeral Home."
Son of Artist Greenberry & Naomi Beard Cook, John Waid was the middle child of 10 children. His siblings were:

* Walter Monroe Cook
* Warner Earl Cook
* Daniel Webster Cook
* Winnie Cook
* Minnie Pearl Cook Folmar
* Waymon Green Cook
* Waitsel Elizabeth Cook Clakley
* William Benjamin (Ben) Cook
* Monnie Naomi Cook Bailey

Waid married Lee Eller Gertrude (Gertie) McNeill. To this union were born seven children:

* Artis Cook
* Sultania Cook Walker
* Infant Son Cook
* John Hubbard Lavert Cook
* Ollie Bell Cook Rabe
* Mary D. Cook
* Lester Cook

His obituary is transcribed from the scrapbook of Ola Mae Nokes (Waid's niece):

"Funeral Services for John Waid Cook, 65, foreman in the Dallas Water Department for 32 years, who died Friday at his residence, 5226 Ash Lane, were to be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the East Grand Baptist Church.

A native of Limestone County, Mr. Cook had lived in Dallas for 37 years. He had been ill for two years.

Mr. Cook was a deacon at the East Grand Baptist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Gertrude; two daughters, Mrs. J.J. Walker, Dallas; Mrs. William M. Rabe, New Orleans; a son, J. Hubbard Cook, Dallas; five grandchildren; a brother, W.B. Cook, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Luke Clakley, Irontin, Cherokee Co., and Mrs. Albert Bailey, Artesia, NM.

Dr. J.M. Bradford, Dr. H.E. Fowler and Rev. R.H. Riley were to conduct the services and interment was to be in Laurel Land Memorial Park. Arrangements by Guardian Funeral Home."


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  • Created by: Janie Healer Davis Relative Great-aunt/uncle
  • Added: Jan 8, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17358921/john_waid-cook: accessed ), memorial page for John Waid Cook (15 Jan 1882–25 Apr 1947), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17358921, citing Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Janie Healer Davis (contributor 46586213).