Willa Theo Poovey Cook's Obituary
AMARILLO SERVICES - 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 12, 2006 in Robertson Chapel Of Memories in Clarendon with Rev. Don Travis, Retired Methodist Minister, officiating. INTERMENT - Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Mrs. Cook was born in Ashtola, Donley County, Texas to William Andrew Jackson Poovey and Johnnie Mae Cleveland Blackburn Poovey. She married Willard Cook on December 17, 1938 at McLean. She was an employee of Phillips Petroleum Co during World War II, and worked for several years at the cafeteria in the Meade, KS school system prior to her retirement. She was a resident of Gruver before moving to Claude in 1979, and had lived in Amarillo for the past 7 years. She was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Claude. SURVIVORS - One son, Dean Cook and wife Sarah Beth of Amarillo; two grandchildren, Jason Cook and wife Charmaine of McKinney, TX and Jennifer Glover and husband Scott of Austin; and 2 great grandchildren, Hunter Cook and Adrienne Glover. CASKET BEARERS - Jim Lovell, Joe Lovell, David Butler, Jesse Lovell, Tony Cook, and Jeff Lovell. MEMORIALS - Citizens Cemetery Association / PO Box 669 / Clarendon, Texas 79226-0669 THE FAMILY MAY BE CONTACTED AT - 6319 Kalee Drive / Amarillo, Texas 79109. Phone 806 / 358 - 2176
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