Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cook, Clarence M., 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ CLARENCE MASON COOK BLACK CREEK EVENTS AND CURRENT ITEMS Death of Clarence Mason Cook Clarence Mason Cook, eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cook, died at Raiford Hospital last Thursday after an illness of several days. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, Harold Randolph and Charles Winston Cook. Funeral services were conducted at the grave Friday afternoon by Rev. W.B. Watson. "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Abide With Me" were sung by Mrs. C.C. Edwards, Mrs. A.E. Drewry, Mrs. W.M. Pittman and Miss Gladys Powell. The little body was laid to rest in the church cemetery among many lovely floral tributes. [...] Clarence Mason COOK, son of "Charlie" Charles G. & "Lizzie" Elizabeth Mae (BRADSHAW) COOK, b. 18 Oct 1939*, Southampton Co., d. 11 Jul 1940, Franklin, interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (unmarked*), 12 Jul 1940, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 35, No. 42, Fri., July 19, 1940, p. 3 *Additional information: Church not specified, but Rev. W.B. WATSON was pastor of Black Creek (bs). Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-10): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt D.Cert. 17844 (Franklin #63) gives buried near Zuni by his father; b. 15 Oct 1939, near Zuni. B.Cert. 42286 gives b. 18 Oct 1939, Southampton Co. His parents are buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-14): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c200c2ob.txt