Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Wednesday, July 30, 1975

J. C. Co[o]ke Sr.

Julius C. Cooke, Sr., 79, of Rt. 9, Terry Road, died suddenly early Tuesday morning at Mississippi Baptist Hospital.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday from Wright and Ferguson Chapel. Burial: Jackson Memorial Gardens.

Survivors: his wife, the former Addye Chapman; and one son, J. C. Cooke, Jr., both of Jackson; five sisters, Mrs. Ray Dean, Mrs. Eva Dozier, Mrs. Beulah Gilliam, Miss Minnie Cooke, and Miss Vivian Cooke; and two brothers, Albert Cooke and Henry Cooke, all of Louisberg, North Carolina; four grandchildren.

A native of North Carolina, Cooke had lived in the Jackson area since 1919. He was associated with Jackson Coca-Coca Company for 37 years, retiring in 1970. He was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U. S. Army. He attended the Baptist Church.