Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cook, Sarah C. Story, 1947 

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SARAH STORY COOK 

   Mrs. Sarah Story Cook, aged 68 years, a well-known resident of Newsoms, 
died Monday morning, April 7, in the Medical College of Virginia Hospital, 
Richmond, after several weeks of illness.

   She was the daughter of the late James and Fannie Bunn Story, of this 
county, and was for many years an active member of the Newsoms Baptist Church.

   The deceased in survived by her husband, George T. Cook; three daughters, 
Mrs. Louise C. Bradshaw, Mrs. Robert Holloman, and Mrs. W.R.L. Cobb, 3rd, 
all of Newsoms; three sons, Raymond Cook of Portsmouth, William T. Cook of 
Whaleyville and George T. Cook, Jr. of Newsoms; a brother, James T. Story, Sr. 
of Newsoms; six grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted from the residence in Newsoms on Tuesday 
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. W.C. Hughes, assisted by Rev. 
John W. Morrison of the Methodist Church.  Burial followed in the Newsoms 
cemetery, the pallbearers being J.R. Railey, Milton Worrell, Jack Bunn, Earl 
Worrell, John W. Drake, E. Benie Carter, Ralph Porter, and Marshall Vick.


Sarah C. (STORY; Mrs. George T. [Sr.] COOK, of Newsoms, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Apr 1947, Richmond, age 68, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 8 Apr 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 11, 1947, p. 10 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-17): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 17, 1950, p. 17) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c200g2ob.txt 

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


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