COOK OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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COOK, Martha Temple TOMPKINS BURRIS 1907 - 1997

Martha Temple Burriss Cook died Wednesday, April 23, 1997, at Sterling Heights 
Care Center in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born March 3, 1907, in Fayette, the 
daughter of LeRoy and Temple Gray Tompkins. She lived in Kansas City and Sugar 
Creek before coming to Clinton. She was married to Myron C. Burriss, who 
preceded her in death in 1983. Later she married Steve Cook, who preceded her in 
death in 1994. For a number of years she was a teacher in the Shawnee Mound 
School District. Mrs. Cook was a member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton 
and the church women's group. She is survived by two daughters, Bessie Ruth 
Crim, Seattle, Washington, and Bettie L. Bunch, Lawrence, Kansas; five 
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, April 26, at Consalus Chapel, Clinton, with Rev. James Eager 
officiating. Eric Carter sang In The Garden accompanied by Scott Brooks, 
organist. Special organ selections were It Is Well With My Soul, All The Way My 
Savior Leads Me, How Great Thou Art and Rock of Ages. Pallbearers were Bob 
Cook, Jim Cook, W. J. Livengood, Alden Burch, Loren Burch and Gary Burch. Burial 
was in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, under the direction of the Consalus 
Funeral Home, Clinton.

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