Obituaries:  Mrs. Lillian Arthur "MaMaw" Cook, Sabine Parish       C-200
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 7, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Lillian Arthur "MaMaw" Cook

  Mrs. Lillian Arthur "MaMaw" Cook, 73, died Wednesday, March 31,
at Sabine Medical Center, after a lengthy illness.

  Mrs. Cook was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her
family, attending church, watching wrestling on television, and
playing with her puppy, that she called Blackie Cook.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 2, at
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, with interment following at Pilgrim
Rest Cemetery in Many. The Rev. Mike Henderson, pastor of Pilgrim
Rest Baptist Church, officiated, and the Rev. George Parlor
assisted.

  Survivors include her husband, Samuel J. Cook of Many; three
daughters, Betty Anders and husband Earl, and Judy Cook, both of
Many, and Sammie McFerrin and husband Glenn of Lafayette; two
sisters, Lucille Brown and husband Jack of San Augustine, Texas,
and Wilma Gregory and husband Carl of Conroe, Texas; one brother,
Elton Craig and wife Shirley of Ennis, Texas; 11 grandchildren;
23 great grandchildren; and a host of friends. Mrs. Cook was
preceded in death by one son, Acie O'Banion; parents, Arthur and
Carrie Craig; and two sisters, Lavern Brown, and Clovis Webb.

  Pallbearers were her grandsons, Jack Akins, Kenny Heath, Jerry
Dew, Joey Burleigh, Mark Burleigh, and Jerry Smith. Honorary
pallbearers were Glenn McFerrin, and Earl Anders.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Many, La.