Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman (Columbia, LA)
Friday, December 31, 1943

JAMES A. COOK

Funeral services for James A. Cook, 28, were held Dec. 17 at the Columbia Heights Methodist church, with Miss Lea Joyner, pastor, officiating. Interment was in the Yarborough cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home.

Mr. Cook, son of Mrs. Cora M. Cook and J. W. Cook, was a life-long resident of Columbia.

Besides his parents, deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Buck Gryder, Columbia, and Mrs. S. F. Gryder, Lake Charles; one brother, Staff Sgt. William (Buster) Cook, Maxton Air Base, Maxton, N.C.

Pallbearers were Clark Hester, C. E. Stringer, G. E. Erskine, Sam McHenry, S. Adams, O. S. Coates.