Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthDec 2, 1956, Alamance County, North Carolina24,3, Brenda Cook Hemphill
DeathAug 9, 2019, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Brenda Cook Hemphill,470, Brenda Cook Hemphill
BurialApples Chapel Christian Church, 7345 Hwy 61 North Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Brenda Cook Hemphill
FatherHerbert Anderson COOK (1930-2010)
MotherMary Frances SOMERS (1934-2016)
Spouses
MarriageAug 10, 1986, Apples Chapel Christian Church, 7345 Hwy 61 North Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina24,143, Wedding Cook - Hemphill
ChildrenJessica
Obituary Online notes for Brenda Carole COOK
8/11/2019

Brenda Cook Hemphill

BURLINGTON – Brenda Cook Hemphill, 62, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 9, 2019. The funeral will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at Apple’s Chapel Christian Church. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday evening at Lowe Funeral Home & Crematory.
You may sign the online register book at
www.lowefuneralhome.com.


Brenda (Cook) Hemphill

DECEMBER 2, 1956 ~ AUGUST 9, 2019 (AGE 62)

Brenda Cook Hemphill, 62, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, August 9, 2019.  She was born in Alamance County to the late Herbert Anderson and Mary Frances Somers Cook and was married for almost 33 years to Barry Hemphill who survives. 

She graduated from Eastern Guilford High School and High Point University.  Brenda was a faculty assistant for the UNCG School of Nursing and had previously worked for Burlington Industries, Kayser-Roth and the Town of Gibsonville.  Brenda was a member of Apple’s Chapel Christian Church where she also sang in the choir and previously led the children’s choir for several years.  She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister and aunt who truly enjoyed spending time with her family, loved to read and play the piano.

   She is survived by her husband, Barry; daughter, Jessica Hemphill; brother, Mike Cook (April) and nephews, Austin and Dallas Cook, Chad and Dustin Hill.  She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Susan Diane Cook Hill.

   The funeral will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at Apple’s Chapel Christian Church by Rev. Dave Johnson, Rev. C. Allen Myers III and Rev. Larry Gray with interment to follow in the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6-8 Monday evening at Lowe Funeral Home & Crematory.

   Memorials may be made to Apple’s Chapel Chrsitian Church, 7345 Hwy 61 North, Gibsonville, NC 27249.
3, Brenda Cook Hemphill
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