Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Cooke, Paul Edwin May 22, 2008
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise - May 24th 2008
Mr. Paul Edwin Cooke, 83, of Bastrop, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at the 
Summerlin Lane Nursing Home in Bastrop. In fulfilling his request, Mr. Cooke 
donated his body to medical research. A celebration of his life will be held at 
a later date under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop.

Mr. Paul Edwin Cooke was born July 23, 1924 in North Little Rock, Ark. to the 
late A.P. and Nora Parker Cooke. Mr. Cooke was a retired carpenter and a member 
of the First United Methodist Church of Bastrop. Mr. Cooke was a former 
professional baseball player having been drafted in the major leagues by the 
St. Louis Browns. He was an avid golfer and loved all sports.

He is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and four sisters.

 
 
Surviving Mr. Cooke is his wife of sixty years, Jacqueline P. Cooke of Bastrop; 
two daughters, Donna Gay Musgrove and husband William Don Musgrove of Cabot, 
Ark., and Deidra Kinnaird and husband James Kinnaird of Bastrop; two sons, Paul 
Edwin Cooke II and wife Jerrita Cooke of Boise, Idaho, and Craig Parker Cooke 
and wife Angela Cooke of Eros, La.; ten grandchildren, Jacqueline Hamilton, 
Karen Robertson, Laney Musgrove, Shane Kinnaird, Shannon Kinnaird, Shantel 
Stephens, Hannah Cooke, Alison Cooke, Kristin Cooke, and Kaitlyn Cooke; and 
eleven great-grandchildren.

The family request that for those who wish memorials be made to the Louisiana 
Methodist Children's Home or to the charity of the donor's choice


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