Obituaries: Fannie Nattles (Nettles?)Cook, 1936, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  January 30, 1936 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. C. R. Wright's Mother Dies in Miss., Last Tues., Jan. 21

Mrs. W. L. Cook, 83 year old widow of a Civil War veteran died at 3 o'clock
Tuesday morning, January 21, 1936, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W.
Williams, in Petal, Mississippi.

Funeral services for Mrs. Cook were held at her home at 10:00 o'clock
Wednesday morning.  Burial followed at the Old City Cemetery.  The Rev. H. C.
Norsworthy and the Rev. J. T. Leggett, pastor of the Main Street Methodist
Church, of which Mrs. Cook was a member for a long time, conducted the
services.

Mrs. Cook having lived in Hattiesburg 39 years watched the city grow from a
small county seat to the Hub City.  She resided at her home on Newman Street
the last 36 years of her life.

Before her marriage Mrs. Cook was Miss Fannie Nattles of Mount Sterling, Ala.
Fifty-seven years ago she married W. L. Cook, who died 26 years ago.

Survivors of Mrs. Cook include five sons, W. E. Cook of Zwolle, La., T. G.
Cook of Longview, Washington, J. S. Cook of Hattiesburg, H. N. Cook of
Vicksburg, and E. W. Cook of Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Williams of
Petal, Miss., Mrs. C. R. Wright of Winnfield, La., and Mrs. H. L. Smith of
Mendenhall; a sister, Mrs. J. M. Morgan of Mobile; a brother, T. D. Nettles of
Mobile and a number of grandchildren.