Spouse:

Hardy Maxwell Cook
Birth:

24 Mar 1903 in Rapides Parish, LA
Death:

13 Jul 1995 in LaSalle General Hospital, Jena, LaSalle, LA; Age at Death: 92
Burial:

Forest Lawn cemetery, Pineville, Rapides, LA
Father:

John Clayton Cook
Mother:

Anna Virginia Cole
Spouse:

Myrtle Lee Cook
Birth:

04 Sep 1903 in Urania, Catahoula, (now LaSalle) Parish, LA
Death:

31 Oct 1994 in LaSalle General Hospital, Jena, LaSalle, LA; Age at Death: 91
Burial:

Forest Lawn cemetery, Pineville, Rapides, LA
Father:

John H. Cook
Mother:

Mary Ann Pilcher
Children:
1
Name:

Edgar Forrest Cook Sr.
M
Birth:

16 Jul 1925 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Death:

30 Nov 2015 in Alexamdria, Rapides Parish, LA; Buried: Urania Cemetery, LaSalle Parish, LA
Spouse:

Evelyn Raye Barnum
2
Name:

Olive Virginia Cook
F
Birth:

22 Mar 1927 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Death:

01 Jul 2004 in Schumpert Hospital, Shreveport, LA
Burial:

03 Jul 2004 in Centuries Memorial Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
Spouse:

Fred Haywood Jr.
3
Name:

Charles Maxwell Cook Sr.
M
Birth:

29 Apr 1932 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Death:

26 Jan 1994 in Conroe, Montgomery County, TX
Burial:

Garden Park Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County, TX
Spouse:

Shirley Ann Sikes
4
Name:

Nelda Ann Cook
F
Birth:

21 Jun 1935 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Death:

17 Nov 2009 in Glenwood Medical Center, West Monroe, Louisiana
Burial:

21 Nov 2009 in Rayville Masonic Cemetery, Richland Parish, LA
Spouse:

Billy Ray Brakefield Sr.
5
Name:

Carmen Janet Cook
F
Birth:

09 Dec 1936 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Spouse:

H. Raymond Huffman
6
Name:

Michael Cook
M
Birth:

19 Dec 1950 in Urania, LaSalle Parish, LA
Spouse:

Lisa Unknown
Notes:
Edgar Forrest Cook Sr.

                                                THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

 

                                                           WASHINGTON

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                       January 23. 1946

 

 

 

My dear Mr. Cook:

 

              I have addressed this letter to reach you after all the formalities of your separation from active service are completed. I have done so because, without formality but as clearly as I know how to say it, I want the Navy's pride in you, which it is my privilege to express, to reach into your civil life and to remain with you always.

 

              You have served in the greatest Navy in the world.

 

              It crushed two enemy fleets at once, receiving their surrenders only four months apart.

 

              It brought our land-based airpower within bombing range of the enemy, and set our ground armies on the beachheads of final victory.

 

              It performed the multitude of tasks necessary to support these military operations.

 

              No other Navy at any time has done so much.  For your part in these achievements you deserve to be proud as long as you live. The Nation which you served at a time of crisis will remember you with gratitude.

 

              The best wishes of the Navy go with you into civilian life. Good luck!

 

                                                                                                                      Sincerely yours,

 

                                                                                                                  /S/ James Forrestal

 

                                                                                                                     James Forrestal

 

 

Mr. Edgar Forrest Cook

Box 584

Urania, Louisiana

 
Olive Virginia Cook

Olive "Cookie" Haywood

July 2, 2004

 

SHREVEPORT, LA - Graveside services for Mrs. Olive "Cookie" Haywood, 77,

will be held Saturday, July 3, 2004; in Centuries Memorial Park at

11:30 a.m. Officiating will be Reverend Mike Stowell. Visitation will be held

Friday, July 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home. She

entered into rest on Thursday July 1, 2004 after a lengthy illness.

"Cookie" a lifelong resident of Shreveport, was a homemaker, loving

wife, mother and grandmother.

 

Mrs. Haywood was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Haywood, Jr.;

parents Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Cook; and brother Charles Cook. She is

survived by two sons, Fred Haywood III, and wife Sandy, and Charles Haywood all

of Shreveport, LA; two sisters, Nelda Brakefield of Rayville, LA and Janet

McCleery of Urania, LA; two brothers, Forrest Cook of Olla, LA and

Michael Cook of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren, Wendy DuPuy and husband

Mike; Doug Haywood and wife Sandy; and four great-grandchildren, Paris and

Michael DuPuy and Colton and Hanna Haywood.Centuries Funeral Home

 

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July 2, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nelda Ann Cook

 

Nelda Anne Brakefield  

Visitation:

Friday, November 20, 2009

5:00 PM until 7:30 PM

Brown-Holley Funeral Homes

603 Francis Street

P.O. Box 812

Rayville, LA 71269

 

 

Service:

Saturday, November 21, 2009

10:00 AM

Woodlawn Baptist Church

306 Oak St.

Rayville, LA 71269

 

    

In Memory of

Nelda Anne Brakefield

 

Funeral services for Nelda Anne Brakefield, 74, of Rayville, LA will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Woodlawn Baptist Church, Rayville, LA with Rev. Bobby Wilson and Rev. Don Doughty. Interment will follow at Rayville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.

 

Nelda Anne Cook Brakefield was born June 21, 1935 and passed away Tuesday, November 17, 2009.

 

She owned and operated Bill’s Motor Company along with her husband, Bill Brakefield for forty-two years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Billy R. “Bill” Brakefield, Sr; son, Jimmy Brakefield; and parents, Hardy and Myrtle Cook.

 

Survivors include her son, Rusty Brakefield and wife, Janet of Rayville, LA; daughter-in-law, Bonnie Brakefield of Rayville, LA; grandchildren, Amy and Chuck Cannon, Jay Brakefield and wife, Chastidy, Liza and Hew Hiraoka, Matthew Brakefield and wife, Crystal, Nick Brakefield, Michael Brakefield and wife, Anna, Mandy Brakefield, Jon Brakefield, Jeanna Brakefield; 13-great grandchildren; sister, Janet McCleary and husband, Don; brothers, Mike Cook and Forrest Cook and wife, Evelyn; sisters and brother-in-law, Mary Williams and Rita Horton and husband, Ray; host of nieces and nephews.

 

Visitation will be 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Friday, November 20, 2009 at Brown-Holley Funeral Home.