Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthApr 8, 1879, Guilford County, North Carolina [2518]
DeathJan 17, 1963, Guilford County, North Carolina [8297], [2518]
BurialBethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Rd, Altamahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina [2851]
FatherMilton C. COOK (1852-1910)
MotherElizabeth Jane BARBER (1852-1933)
Spouses
BirthApr 24, 1879, Alamance County, North Carolina [2851]
DeathDec 11, 1948 [8297], [2851]
BurialBethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Rd, Altamahaw, Alamance County, North Carolina [2851]
FatherJacob Milton GERRINGER (1857-1929)
MotherMargaret Elizabeth APPLE (1859-1927)
MarriageDec 23, 1900, Alamance County, North Carolina [2518], [48]
ChildrenZona Anita (1902-1996)
 Ralis Milton (1904-1991)
 Rufus Lawrence (1906-1981)
 Lydia Elizabeth (1908-1997)
 Carl Willie (Died as Infant) (1910-1910)
 Ralph Boyd (1913-2003)
 Maybelle Alice (1915-2005)
 Margaret Maggie (1918-2001)
 Beulah Eva (1920-2015)
 Violet Annie Lee (1922-2009)
 Irene (1925-2010)
BirthOct 14, 1901, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina [13466]
DeathFeb 5, 1979, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina [13466]
BurialFloral Garden Memorial Park, 1730 English Road, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina [13466]
MarriageJul 6, 1955 [13466]
No Children
Obituary Online notes for Robert Tennon COOK
Robert T. Cook, son of Milton C. and Elizabeth Jane Barber Cook, 84, of E. Russell St., died yesterday in High Point Memorial Hospital.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Frady Cook of Winston-Salem; three sons, Ralis M. Cook of Elon College, Rufus L. Cook of Rt. 1, Gibsonville, and Ralph B. Cook of Rt. 1, Elon College; seven daughters, Mrs. Zonie Wyrick of Gibsonville, Mrs. Lydia Apple and Mrs. Maybell Lowe, both of Rt. 1, Gibsonville, Mrs. Maggie Scott of Rt. 2, Elon College, Mrs. Beulah Mabe and Mrs. Irene Lamb, both of High Point, and Mrs. Violet Johnson of Burlington; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Shepherd of Rt. 1, Elon College, and Mrs. Edna Payne of Reidsville; 30 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Bethlehem United Church of Christ in Altamahaw by Rev. Charles W. Bell, Rev. Lester Stanley and Rev. Collie Seymour. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

High Point Enterprise [13467]
Obituary Online notes for Elvice Flonna Roxanna (Spouse 1)
Burlington, December 13--Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Gerringer Cook, 69, wife of Robert T. Cook, Rt. 1, Gibsonville, who died at 8:30 Saturday afternoon in a Greensboro hospital after failing health for several months and critical illnes of two days, will be held at 3:00 this afternoon in Bethlehem Christian Church at Altamahaw, which she had long been a member.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Survivors, in addition to her husband are seven daughters, Mrs. Zona Wyrick, Mrs. Lydia Apple, Mrs. Mabelle Carter, Mrs. Maggie Scott, Mrs. Violet Johnson, Mrs. Beulah Mabe and Mrs. Irene Moore. Three sons, Raylis Cook, Rufus Cook and Ralph Cook; and three grandchildren.  [13468]
Obituary Online notes for Lucy Belle (Spouse 2)
Daughter of William and Ellen Cook Echols.

She had been a resident of the High Point area since 1922.

She was employed by High Point Paper Box Co. until retiring in 1948.

She was a member of High Point Seventh Day Adventist Church.

In 1924, she married Russell Gordon Frady. She is the mother of Irene Howerton, Russell G. Frady, Jr., Janet Romona Tuttle and Darline Myers.

On July 6, 1955, she married Robert T. Cook.
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