Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Cook, Winnom N. February 18, 1927
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he Alexander City Outlook
W.N. Cook, former clearing contractor, who lived near the bridge over the 
Tallapoosa River was drowned last Friday morning about 4 o'clock while returning 
with two companions from a coon hunt across the river. A severe wind and 
rainstorm was blowing at the time and it is thought the small boat was too light 
for the velocity of the wind and was overturned. His companions swam out and 
they reported that they thought they passed Cook swimming toward the bank, but 
upon reaching shore, they missed him and after a short search, decided to come 
for help. They arrived here at an early hour, and secured help, a number of 
citizens joining in the search for the body using grappling hooks, but the body 
was not found until about 5 o'clock Friday afternoon. The body was brought here 
and prepared for burial and was carried to the old home of Mr. Cook at 
Lineville, where it was buried Saturday afternoon. Mr. Cook is survived by his 
widow and four children, mother, Mrs. R. R. Cook of Lineville, and two brothers, 
Homer and Dewey Cook, also of Lineville. and a sister in Alexander City, Mrs. D. 
Mitchell. A sad coincident was that Mr. Cook died on his 31st birthday.

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