Newsoms – Ellen Davis Cook, 84, widow of Robert Bynum Cook, died April 12, 2008. She was born in Conway, NC, a daughter of the late Frank E. and Annie Britton Davis and was predeceased by a sister, Maxine Askew and two brothers, Clyde and Grady Davis. Mrs. Cook was a retired secretary from Cook and Sons, Inc and a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Sylvia C. Newsome, Linda C. Porter and husband, Donnie; two sons, Curtis B. Cook and wife, Sandra, Billy R. Cook and wife, Patricia, all of Newsoms; one sister, Delcy D. Draper of Roanoke Rapids, NC; one brother, Carlton Davis of Rocky Mount, NC;seven grandchildren, Michael K. Ellis, Angela E. Ricks, Curtis B. Cook, II, Donnie C. Porter, II, Robert L. Cook, Patty C. Everett, Julie C. O'Bryant; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Darwin Edwards and the Rev. Kenneth Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home and suggests memorials be made to the Alzheimers Association, P. O. Box 1224, Franklin, Va. 23851. The family would like to thank the caregivers, Hattie Pearson, Vicki Gray, and Amy Vick. www.wrightfuneralhome.org