Living together in 1940 in Indiana were Emmet Cook 46 with his wife Virginia 33 and children Aron 15, Byron 13, Dale 11 and Ross 6
Ross Earl Cook, 74, formerly of Vincennes IN, was the son of Emmett Earl and Virginia Brown Cook of Fritchton. He was raised on a farm in Fritchton, Ind., attended the United States Naval Academy and served in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the Navy, he worked as an engineer in several companies, including Hamilton Glass in Vincennes from 1965-72. In Georgia, he was a business manager, first for a college campus ministry and second for the administrative offices of the Presbyterian Church in America until retiring in 1998. He was active in politics most of his adult life, including running for Congress in Tennessee in 1978.
He was a driving force in starting Westminster Presbyterian Church in Vincennes in the late 1960s. For the last 23 years, he was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Ga., where he served several terms as an elder and was involved in various ministries.
He was a tissue donor and he was cremated. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia Falkenbury Cook; two daughters (one of whom received a kidney from a family donor); one grandson; two granddaughters; brother, C. Dale Cook of Union City, Ind.; three sisters-in-law; two nieces; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Aaron S. Cook of Dayton, Ohio, and Byron L. Cook of Xenia, Ohio.
-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville
(Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) 7/26/09
Ross Earl Cook, 74, formerly of Vincennes IN, was the son of Emmett Earl and Virginia Brown Cook of Fritchton. He was raised on a farm in Fritchton, Ind., attended the United States Naval Academy and served in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the Navy, he worked as an engineer in several companies, including Hamilton Glass in Vincennes from 1965-72. In Georgia, he was a business manager, first for a college campus ministry and second for the administrative offices of the Presbyterian Church in America until retiring in 1998. He was active in politics most of his adult life, including running for Congress in Tennessee in 1978.
He was a driving force in starting Westminster Presbyterian Church in Vincennes in the late 1960s. For the last 23 years, he was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Ga., where he served several terms as an elder and was involved in various ministries.
He was a tissue donor and he was cremated. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia Falkenbury Cook; two daughters (one of whom received a kidney from a family donor); one grandson; two granddaughters; brother, C. Dale Cook of Union City, Ind.; three sisters-in-law; two nieces; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Aaron S. Cook of Dayton, Ohio, and Byron L. Cook of Xenia, Ohio.
-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville
(Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) 7/26/09
Living together in 1940 in Indiana were Emmet Cook 46 with his wife Virginia 33 and children Aron 15, Byron 13, Dale 11 and Ross 6
Ross Earl Cook, 74, formerly of Vincennes IN, was the son of Emmett Earl and Virginia Brown Cook of Fritchton. He was raised on a farm in Fritchton, Ind., attended the United States Naval Academy and served in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the Navy, he worked as an engineer in several companies, including Hamilton Glass in Vincennes from 1965-72. In Georgia, he was a business manager, first for a college campus ministry and second for the administrative offices of the Presbyterian Church in America until retiring in 1998. He was active in politics most of his adult life, including running for Congress in Tennessee in 1978.
He was a driving force in starting Westminster Presbyterian Church in Vincennes in the late 1960s. For the last 23 years, he was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Ga., where he served several terms as an elder and was involved in various ministries.
He was a tissue donor and he was cremated. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia Falkenbury Cook; two daughters (one of whom received a kidney from a family donor); one grandson; two granddaughters; brother, C. Dale Cook of Union City, Ind.; three sisters-in-law; two nieces; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Aaron S. Cook of Dayton, Ohio, and Byron L. Cook of Xenia, Ohio.
-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville
(Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) 7/26/09
Ross Earl Cook, 74, formerly of Vincennes IN, was the son of Emmett Earl and Virginia Brown Cook of Fritchton. He was raised on a farm in Fritchton, Ind., attended the United States Naval Academy and served in the U.S. Navy. After leaving the Navy, he worked as an engineer in several companies, including Hamilton Glass in Vincennes from 1965-72. In Georgia, he was a business manager, first for a college campus ministry and second for the administrative offices of the Presbyterian Church in America until retiring in 1998. He was active in politics most of his adult life, including running for Congress in Tennessee in 1978.
He was a driving force in starting Westminster Presbyterian Church in Vincennes in the late 1960s. For the last 23 years, he was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Ga., where he served several terms as an elder and was involved in various ministries.
He was a tissue donor and he was cremated. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia Falkenbury Cook; two daughters (one of whom received a kidney from a family donor); one grandson; two granddaughters; brother, C. Dale Cook of Union City, Ind.; three sisters-in-law; two nieces; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Aaron S. Cook of Dayton, Ohio, and Byron L. Cook of Xenia, Ohio.
-Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville
(Vincennes Sun-Commercial (IN) 7/26/09
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