NAME: TOMMYE LOUISE ( MILLS) COOKE, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 6, 1908 AT CLEBURN, TEXAS TO THOMAS MADISON AND MABEL CLAIR (STALLINGS) MILLS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 89 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ABILENE, CLYDE, AND FT. WORTH, TX. MARRIED: WILLIAM M. BILL COOKE ON OCTOBER 13, 1928 AT WEATHERFORD, TX. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HAD FORMERLY OWNED COOKE VARIETY STORE IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. BEFORE HER HEALTH FAILED HER SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP. TOMMYE WAS A LIFELONG BAPTIST. THE PAST 10 YEARS SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE TAUGHT BEGINNERS SUNDAY SCHOOL MANY YEARS. IN HER YOUNGER YEARS SHE WAS A TALENTED DANCER. SHE PLACED 2ND BEHIND GINGER ROGERS IN A DANCE CONTEST IN FT. WORTH, TEXAS IN THE 1920'S. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BILLYE WINGFIELD AND HUSBAND RAY OF CHANDLER, OK. PATRICIA BOAG AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK. EDDY COOKE AND WIFE JO DEAN OF ATOKA, OK. LARRY COOKE AND WIFE ROSIE OF TULSA, OK. DAVID COOKE AND WIFE DARLENE OF TULSA, OK. TIM COOKE AND WIFE BEVERLY OF WILSON, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: OBERA WHITLEY, NELL BLANTON, AND BOBBIE DOUGLAS & HUSBAND CHARLES OF BEDFORD, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: T. M. AND MABEL MILLS. HUSBAND: BILL COOKE ON OCTOBER 22, 1978. SON: TOMMY BOB COOKE. BROTHER: HILTON MILLS. GRAND DAUGHTERS: REBECCA HOUSER AND REGINA CHRISTINE COOKE.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. O'DELL CARPENTER. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JERRY CEDRONE, RICK JONES, BOBBY JONES, TOMMY JONES, DWAINE COOKE, RANDY COOKE, STEVE COOKE, ROBBY COOKE, JEFFREY COOKE, BRADLEY COOKE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GREAT GRANDSONS) TONY CEDRONE, BRIAN RIDGEWAY, DARREN JONES, AND JACOB STEPHENS ALONG WITH ERNIE SANDERS, ARCHIE HENSON, AND RUFUS BATES.