Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, June 2, 1973

Mrs. Lessie Cook

Mrs. Lessie Dunn Cook, 74, died at 8:45 a.m. Friday in a hospital here.

Survivors include her husband, Ivey Cook of Forest Hill; two sons, Gareth W. Cook of Long Beach, N.C., and Rev. I. Clinton Cook of Norfolk, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Aladine Genova of Alexandria and Mrs. Deryl Bishop of Joatuin [sic Joaquin], Tex.; one brother, H. L. Dunn of Forest Hill; one sister, Mrs. Gertrude Johnson of Forest Hill; 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Elwood Baptist church, Forest Hill, with Rev. Joseph P. Stockman officiating. Burial will be in Camp Ground cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home, Oakdale.

The family has requested that memorials be sent to the Elwood Baptist Church building fund or to a favorite charity.