Obit: Sophia Cook, 2000, Lincoln Parish, LA  
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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             The Ruston Daily Leader, Monday, January 17, 2000


                          Sophia Cook


Services for Sophia Cook, 92, of Ruston will be held at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 in the Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel
with Rev. Rolly Walker officiating.

Burial will be in Cook Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick
Funeral Home of Ruston.

Mrs. Cook died Sunday, January 16, 2000, in Ruston, La.  Her career
started as a home demonstration agent in Lincoln Parish, during
which time she was kidnapped by Bonnie and Clyde. Later, she
resumed her career as a home economics teacher at Ruston High
School where she taught for over 4O years. Mrs. Cook was a member
of the DAR, Kappa Delta Sorority, and Trinity United Methodist
Church.  She was a graduate of Mansfield Female College and Normal
College, which is now Northwestern University.

Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her husband W. H. Cook, Jr.

Survivors include five nieces, Sue Lenard of Chicago, Ill.; Nonie
Lucius of Shreveport, La.; Ellen Abbington of Many, La.; Susan
Lewing of Shreveport, La.; and Mitzie Kilpatrick of Houston, Texas;
five nephews, Dr. Hugh Lewing of Heber Springs, Ark,; 0. L. Stone,
Jr. of Mansfield, La.; Rupert Lucius of Mansfield, La.; Guy Cook of
New Orleans, La.; and Richard Cook of Fresno, California, a beloved
great niece, Annie Mame Wise; and many other great nieces and
nephews.

Family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Monday,
January 17, 2000 at the funeral home.