WILLIE MAE COOKE
ROCKINGHAM: Mrs. Willie Mae Cooke, 91, of 137 Biltmore Drive, Rockingham, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 in her home.
Funeral Services will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 24, in the Bobby Lammonds Memorial Chapel at Russell-Marks Funeral Home with Rev. Van Floyd officiating. Interment will follow in the Richmond County Memorial Park.
Willie Mae was born in Scotland County on April 23, 1918 to the late Willie and Sally Mae Lamont Stone. She was a long-time member of East Rockingham United Methodist Church and retired following more than 30 years of service from Beaunit/Avondale Mills. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Cooke, brothers Mark and Eston Stone, and sisters Elsie Turner and Ruth Gainey.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty Myers of Pembroke, VA, Edna Kelly of Rockingham; 4 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 2-3:00 PM Sunday prior to the service at Russell-Marks Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to East Rockingham United Methodist Church, 490 Mill Rd., Rockingham, NC 28379.