Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cook, William A., 1964 

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WILLIAM ALLEN COOKE* 

   William Allen Cooke, 77, died Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in a Newport News 
Hospital, after a short illness.

   Mr. Cooke was a lifelong resident of Southampton County and the Newsoms 
area.  He was a son of the late William and Mrs. Roxianna Gray Cooke.

   He is survived by 5 sisters; Mrs. Mattie Porter, of Courtland; Mrs. 
Lizzie Baggett of Suffolk; Mrs. Ruth Britt of Como, N.C.; Mrs. Lillie 
Worrell and Mrs. Ada Holloman, both of Newsoms, and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

   A funeral service was conducted Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the McDowell 
Funeral Home, Boykins; with the Rev. Lawrence W. George pastor of the 
Newsoms Methodist Church officiating.  Burial was in the Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Cecil Porter, George T. Cooke, Jr., J.R. Holloman, Jr., 
Earl Worrell, DeWitt Wright, William Britt.


William Allen COOK*, lifelong resident of the Newsoms area, 
d. 9 Jan 1963, Newport News, age 77, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 11 Jan 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 16, 1963, Sect. II, p. 3 

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

*Surname should read COOK, except for nephew George T. Jr., who did use COOKE 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #35902478). 


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