Dorothy Cook

Published 11:51 am Friday, May 17, 2024

DOROTHY COOK, AGE 94, OF GREENWOOD, SC, FORMERLY OF HUGULEY, AL WENT TO BE WITH HER LORD AND SAVIOR ON TUESDAY, APRIL23, 2024.

MRS. COOK WAS BORN IN LAFAYETTE, AL ON OCTOBER 3, 1929, AND LIVED MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE IN HUGULEY, AL. SHE WAS EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT HER LIFE IN VARIOUS POSITIONS, BUT SPENT MOST OF HER WORKING YEARS TEACHING CHILDREN IN HER HOME. SHE OPERATED THE FIRST LICENSED DAY CARE HOME IN CHAMBERS COUNTY AND WAS TOTALLY DEVOTED TO AND PROUD OF THE CHILDREN SHE TAUGHT. SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “MISS DOT’ TO THE FAMILIES! SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN HUGULEY. IN 2017 SHE MOVED TO GREENWOOD, SC, TO BE NEAR HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.

MRS. COOK IS SURVIVED BY HER SON, STEVE COOK (SHARON) OF GREENWOOD, SC, DAUGHTER KAYE COOK WHITE (LATE RANDALL WHITE) OF MADISON, GA, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CHERYL COOK (LATE JEFF COOK) OF WINTER GARDEN, FL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY GRANDCHILDREN NEAL WHITE (BETH) OF MARIETTA, GA, MARK COOK (MELISSA) OF GREENWOOD, SC, KARRAH WHITE HOWELL (DANIEL) OF MADISON, GA, ALLISON COOK VANTERPOOL (NYAH) OF WINTER GARDEN, FL, AND JENNIFER COOK OF WACO, TX. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AVERY COOK, RIVERS COOK, JOSIAH WHITE, SADIE WHITE, MICAH WHITE, NOAH HOWELL, AVERY HOWELL, AND PARKER HOWELL. AMONG HER SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS ARE ANNA CRENSHAW REYNOLDS (RON) AND MICHAEL CRENSHAW.

MRS. COOK IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WILMER COOK, DAUGHTER, DONNA COOK, AND SON, JEFF COOK, SON-IN-LAW RANDALL WHITE, PARENTS NETTIE AND OLIN BIDDY, AND SISTER FAYE CRENSHAW.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE JOHNSON-BROWN-SERVICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL IN VALLEY, AL ON SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, 2024, AT 2:00 PM. VISITATION WILL PRECEDE THE FUNERAL AT 1:00 PM.

PLEASE VISIT MRS. COOK’S MEMORIAL TRIBUTE PAGE AT WWW.JOHNSONBROWNSERVICEFH.COM TO LEAVE A KIND WORD FOR HER FAMILY, TO SHARE A MEMORY OF MRS. COOK OR TO LIGHT A REMEMBRANCE CANDLE IN HER MEMORY.

JOHNSON BROWN-SERVICE FUNERAL HOME IN VALLEY DIRECTING.