Payne Gap Cemetery Directory

Carl Decker Cook (1899-1997)

Names Detail

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Birth and Death

Birth Date

Death Date

Age at Death

Cemetery Location and Disposition

Cemetery Location

Disposition Type

Relationships to Others at the Cemetery

• Son of John Thomas “J. T.” Cook (1849-1921)
• Son of Martha Jane “Mattie” [Wilkey] Cook
• Brother of John Wister “Wis” Cook (1876-1906)
• Brother of James Thomas “Jim” Cook (1884-1926)
• Sister of Lena Laura [Cook] Adams (1895-1977)
• Brother of Wilkie Don “Don” Cook (1897-1990)
• Husband of Vera Myrtle [O’Neal] Cook

External Links

• Find A Grave

Notes

Carl was born in Moline, Texas, and by the 1920 census, he was living in Lometa, Texas. He married Vera Myrtle [O’Neal] Cook on May 15, 1925. In 1926, Carl and Vera moved from Center City, Texas, where Vera taught school in the primary grades. By 1940, Carl and his wife Vera were living in Lampasas, Texas, according to the census. In 1942, they were living in Lometa, Texas.  The couple had one son, John Vernon Cook (1928-2019).

Obituary published in the San Angelo Standard-Times, June 26, 1997, page 2:

Carl Decker Cook, 97, died Wednesday, June 25, 1997, in a local hospital. Service will be at 11 a.m. today in Sheppard Memorial Chapel of Memories with Masonic burial at Payne Gap Cemetery in Mills County. He was born July 5, 1899, in Moline. He was a farmer and rancher and a Mason and Presbyterian. Survivors include a son, John V. Cook of Lampasas; three grandsons, Johnny Randle Cook of Austin, Michael Keith Cook of Georgetown and Travis Lynn Cook of Metairie, La.; and two great-granddaughters.

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