KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. Foye Bell Cook Tilley, age 92, and of Kernersville, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Forsyth Medical Center. Mrs. Tilley was born in Carroll County, June 16, 1918 to Columbus Walter and Mary Belle Carpenter Cook. She was such a loving influence to all her family and friends. She will be dearly missed. Surviving are two sons; and a daughter-in-law, R. Wilburn Tilley, Jr. and wife, Ava of Kernersville, Larry Walter Tilley, also of Kernersville; a grandson, Brandon Tilley and wife, Nichole of Taylorsville; a great-granddaughter, Ava Grace Tilley; half sisters: Mozelle Cook of Midlothian, VA, Willie Mae Cook of Benson, NC, Erma C. Ricker, Ada C. Clark (Andy), Cassie C. Tomlin (Walter), Faye C. Nichols (Jim), all of Powhatan, VA; half brothers: Allen Cook (Carol), Monroe Cook (Norma), Ellis Cook (Barbara), Elmore Cook (Tammy), Lewis Cook (Bertha), Douglas Cook (Jean), all of Powhatan, VA, Roger Cook (June) of Amelia, VA, John Cook (Mary) of Apopka, FL, and Ray Cook (Vickie) of Richmond, VA; and special nieces, with whom she was raised more as a sister to, Willie Poore and Virginia Roberts. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Tilley was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Wilburn Tilley, Sr.; her step-mother, Ethel Cook; sisters, Jennie C. Nichols, Annie C. Jones, Essie C. Sumner, Mary Ellen C. Sumner and Grace C. Edwards and husband, Eli, better known as "Ma Grace" and Papa Eli, who loved and raised Mrs. Tilley as one of their own children; and brothers, Troy Hosten Cook and Roy Laymon Cook; and half brothers, Walter Columbus Cook and Clarence Cook. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Moody Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jerry Perdue and special family friend, Mike Culler. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and at other times at the home of Willie and Lester Poore at 712 Lynn Ave. Mt. Airy.

Published in Winston-Salem Journal on December 3, 2010