Mary Frances Tooke, 91, died peacefully , Saturday, October 29, 2005 at her home in Crystal Springs. Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Wednesday in the parlor of Crystal Springs United Methodist, immediately followed by the funeral service in the church sanctuary. A graveside service and interment will by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Arcadia Cemetery in Arcadia, La. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Tooke, born in Forest, Miss., on April 7, 1914, was the only child of Joseph Antley (Jack) and Mary Ashmore Fairchild. She graduated from Crystal Springs Consolidated School in 1932, then furthered her education at Whitworth College in Brookhaven. She earned her undergraduate degree from State Teachers College (now The University of Southern Miss.) in 1936, and a master's degree in music from Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1942. During World War II she served at the U.S.O. at St. Mark's Methodist Church in New Orleans. At St. Mark's she also taught piano lessons to impoverished New Orleans children for a penny a lesson.
In 1943 she married Rev. Karl B. Tooke. Together they served in the pastorate of churches throughout the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Tooke, with his wife, also worked for more than a decade with the United Methodist Board of Missions in Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York City. In the latter years of their retirement, the Tookes made their home in Crystal Springs, where they were residing when Rev. Tooke died in 1998.
The Tookes had three children: John Karl Tooke, a U.S. Marine who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967; Ruth Tooke Wilkinson and husband David of Brandon; and Mary Tooke Kitchens and husband Jim of Crystal Springs. Mrs. Tooke was preceded in death by a grandson, Roy Karl Kitchens, and by a beloved son-in-law, James Evin Greer. She is survived by eight grandchildren: Rev. Sam Greer of Bush, La.; Joseph S. Greer and Angel Greer, both of Brandon; Suzy Kitchens, Matt Kitchens, Dan Kitchens, Rebecca Kitchens Thornton and John W. Kitchens, all of Crystal Springs. Her great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in Crystal Springs, are Gracie Kitchens, Will Thornton, and Wes Thornton.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Rev. Karl B. Tooke Endowed Scholarship at Centenary College of Louisiana, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188.
--Clarion Ledger November 1, 2005
Mrs. Tooke, born in Forest, Miss., on April 7, 1914, was the only child of Joseph Antley (Jack) and Mary Ashmore Fairchild. She graduated from Crystal Springs Consolidated School in 1932, then furthered her education at Whitworth College in Brookhaven. She earned her undergraduate degree from State Teachers College (now The University of Southern Miss.) in 1936, and a master's degree in music from Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1942. During World War II she served at the U.S.O. at St. Mark's Methodist Church in New Orleans. At St. Mark's she also taught piano lessons to impoverished New Orleans children for a penny a lesson.
In 1943 she married Rev. Karl B. Tooke. Together they served in the pastorate of churches throughout the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Tooke, with his wife, also worked for more than a decade with the United Methodist Board of Missions in Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York City. In the latter years of their retirement, the Tookes made their home in Crystal Springs, where they were residing when Rev. Tooke died in 1998.
The Tookes had three children: John Karl Tooke, a U.S. Marine who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967; Ruth Tooke Wilkinson and husband David of Brandon; and Mary Tooke Kitchens and husband Jim of Crystal Springs. Mrs. Tooke was preceded in death by a grandson, Roy Karl Kitchens, and by a beloved son-in-law, James Evin Greer. She is survived by eight grandchildren: Rev. Sam Greer of Bush, La.; Joseph S. Greer and Angel Greer, both of Brandon; Suzy Kitchens, Matt Kitchens, Dan Kitchens, Rebecca Kitchens Thornton and John W. Kitchens, all of Crystal Springs. Her great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in Crystal Springs, are Gracie Kitchens, Will Thornton, and Wes Thornton.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Rev. Karl B. Tooke Endowed Scholarship at Centenary College of Louisiana, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188.
--Clarion Ledger November 1, 2005
Mary Frances Tooke, 91, died peacefully , Saturday, October 29, 2005 at her home in Crystal Springs. Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Wednesday in the parlor of Crystal Springs United Methodist, immediately followed by the funeral service in the church sanctuary. A graveside service and interment will by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Arcadia Cemetery in Arcadia, La. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Crystal Springs is handling arrangements.
Mrs. Tooke, born in Forest, Miss., on April 7, 1914, was the only child of Joseph Antley (Jack) and Mary Ashmore Fairchild. She graduated from Crystal Springs Consolidated School in 1932, then furthered her education at Whitworth College in Brookhaven. She earned her undergraduate degree from State Teachers College (now The University of Southern Miss.) in 1936, and a master's degree in music from Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1942. During World War II she served at the U.S.O. at St. Mark's Methodist Church in New Orleans. At St. Mark's she also taught piano lessons to impoverished New Orleans children for a penny a lesson.
In 1943 she married Rev. Karl B. Tooke. Together they served in the pastorate of churches throughout the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Tooke, with his wife, also worked for more than a decade with the United Methodist Board of Missions in Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York City. In the latter years of their retirement, the Tookes made their home in Crystal Springs, where they were residing when Rev. Tooke died in 1998.
The Tookes had three children: John Karl Tooke, a U.S. Marine who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967; Ruth Tooke Wilkinson and husband David of Brandon; and Mary Tooke Kitchens and husband Jim of Crystal Springs. Mrs. Tooke was preceded in death by a grandson, Roy Karl Kitchens, and by a beloved son-in-law, James Evin Greer. She is survived by eight grandchildren: Rev. Sam Greer of Bush, La.; Joseph S. Greer and Angel Greer, both of Brandon; Suzy Kitchens, Matt Kitchens, Dan Kitchens, Rebecca Kitchens Thornton and John W. Kitchens, all of Crystal Springs. Her great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in Crystal Springs, are Gracie Kitchens, Will Thornton, and Wes Thornton.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Rev. Karl B. Tooke Endowed Scholarship at Centenary College of Louisiana, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188.
--Clarion Ledger November 1, 2005
Mrs. Tooke, born in Forest, Miss., on April 7, 1914, was the only child of Joseph Antley (Jack) and Mary Ashmore Fairchild. She graduated from Crystal Springs Consolidated School in 1932, then furthered her education at Whitworth College in Brookhaven. She earned her undergraduate degree from State Teachers College (now The University of Southern Miss.) in 1936, and a master's degree in music from Scarritt College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1942. During World War II she served at the U.S.O. at St. Mark's Methodist Church in New Orleans. At St. Mark's she also taught piano lessons to impoverished New Orleans children for a penny a lesson.
In 1943 she married Rev. Karl B. Tooke. Together they served in the pastorate of churches throughout the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Rev. Tooke, with his wife, also worked for more than a decade with the United Methodist Board of Missions in Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York City. In the latter years of their retirement, the Tookes made their home in Crystal Springs, where they were residing when Rev. Tooke died in 1998.
The Tookes had three children: John Karl Tooke, a U.S. Marine who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967; Ruth Tooke Wilkinson and husband David of Brandon; and Mary Tooke Kitchens and husband Jim of Crystal Springs. Mrs. Tooke was preceded in death by a grandson, Roy Karl Kitchens, and by a beloved son-in-law, James Evin Greer. She is survived by eight grandchildren: Rev. Sam Greer of Bush, La.; Joseph S. Greer and Angel Greer, both of Brandon; Suzy Kitchens, Matt Kitchens, Dan Kitchens, Rebecca Kitchens Thornton and John W. Kitchens, all of Crystal Springs. Her great-grandchildren, all of whom reside in Crystal Springs, are Gracie Kitchens, Will Thornton, and Wes Thornton.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Rev. Karl B. Tooke Endowed Scholarship at Centenary College of Louisiana, P.O. Box 41188, Shreveport, LA 71134-1188.
--Clarion Ledger November 1, 2005
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