Sunday, 19 May 2013

Interment Information for - William Kindrick Cook


Name:
William Kindrick Cook
Birth:
13 Dec 1883 - Grove Hill, Fannin Co., TX
Death:
21 Feb 1967 - Leonard, Fannin Co., TX
Burial:
23 Feb 1967
Grove Hill Cemetery
Fannin Co. TX, USA
Notes:
Stone with Cora Noble and Noble Kindrick Cook; Burial date and places of birth and death per Texas Death Certificate.

A similar obituary can be found in the Greenville Herald Banner, 23 Feb 1967, Pg A:2. It includes the following information not found in the Bonham paper: "Mr. Cook was a lifelong resident of Leonard and the Grove Hill Community."

- Obituary -

Bonham Daily Favorite
22 Feb 1967

W. K. Cook Dies At Leonard

LEONARD (Spl) – William Kindrick Cook, 83, retired farmer, died in a Leonard rest home Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1967. He had been in declining health some time.

Funeral services will be held at the Grove Hill Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Oran Sigler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Leonard, and Ottis Proffitt, Church of Christ minister Whitesboro, officiating. Interment will be in the Grove Hill cemetery, Wilson Funeral home directing.

Mr. Cook was born Dec. 12, 1883, at Grove Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Cook. He married Cora Cordell Noble, Feb. 12, 1908, in Leonard. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Survivors are his widow; a son, Noble Cook of Leonard; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family will be at the funeral home between 7 and 8 p.m. tonight.

Active pallbearers will be Harold Sikes, Neel Berry, Bob Crow, Richard Thornton, Sam Crow and A. L. McMurray.

TXFannin GenWeb #: 018704

This record last updated on 2013-04-03 at 19:06:38

- Death Certificate Information -

  • Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
  • Name: William Kindrick Cook
  • Death Date: 21 Feb 1967
  • Death Place: Leonard, Fannin, Texas
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White
  • Death Age: 83 years
  • Estimated Birth Date:
  • Birth Date: 13 Dec 1883
  • Birthplace: Grove Hill, Texas
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Spouse's Name:
  • Father's Name: Anderson Cook
  • Father's Birthplace:
  • Mother's Name: Elizabeth Driggers
  • Mother's Birthplace:
  • Occupation: Farming
  • Place of Residence: Leonard, Fannin, Texas
  • Cemetery: Grove Hill
  • Burial Place: Leonard (Rural) Fannin, Texas
  • Burial Date: 23 Feb 1967
  • Informant: Noble Cook, son
  • Cause of death: heart disease; myocardial infarction
  • Certificate Number: 16136

Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Latitude: 33° 25′ 54.48″ N
  33.431800
Longitude:  96° 13′ 11.64″ W
 -96.219900
  
Grove Hill, also known as Oak Hill, is on Farm Road 1553 twelve miles south of Bonham and four miles northeast of Leonard in southwestern Fannin County.