Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cook, George T., 1950 

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GEORGE T. COOK 

   George T. Cook, 73, a former resident of the Newsoms community, died in a 
Portsmouth hospital Saturday morning, March 11, after an illness of some 
months.

   Mr. Cook was the husband of the late Mrs. Sarah Story Cook and the son of 
the late William and Roxanna Gray Cook of this county.  He was a member of the 
Newsoms Baptist Church, Newsoms Lodge 113 Woodmen of the World, and the 
Newsoms Masonic Lodge.  He retired from the postal service a few years ago.

   Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Eunice Cook Holloman, Mrs. Louise 
Cook Bradshaw and Mrs. Blount Cook Cobb, all of Newsoms; three sons, William 
T. Cook of Whaleyville, Geo. T. Cook* of Newsoms and Benjamin R. Cook of 
Portsmouth; six sisters, Mrs. Herman Porter, Mrs. Ada Holloman and Mrs. John 
Worrell of Newsoms, Mrs. J.H. Wright of Carrsville, Mrs. A.R. Baggett of 
Suffolk, and Mrs. J.C. Britt of Como, N.C.; a brother, William A. Cook, and 
six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

   Funeral services for Mr. Cook were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in 
the Holland Funeral Home, Franklin, with Rev. R.L. Chadwick, pastor of the 
Newsoms Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial was in the Newsoms cemetery.

   The pallbearers were Julian L. Carter, E. Beale Carter, R.L. Porter, J.C. 
Bunn, J.W. Drake, R.A. Bunn, L.L. Porter and Bob Bunn.


George Thaddeus COOK [Sr.], formerly of Newsoms, retired from the postal service, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Mar 1950, Portsmouth, age circa 73, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 12 Mar 1950, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 17, 1950, p. 17 

**His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-17&18): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

*George Jr's marker shows his surname as COOKE (Find a Grave Mem. #35902478). 

George Sr. & Sarah's monument shows COOK 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #35902341 & #35902400); 
   so do his parents' markers (Find a Grave Mem. #35902642 & #35902656). 

Sarah's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 11, 1947, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c200s4ob.txt 

George Jr. retired as Postmaster of Newsoms. 
   His obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 18, 1980, p. 13A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c200g1ob.txt 


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