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Cook, William L. "Bill" Jr.
William L. "Bill" Cook Jr. of Batesville died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Southaven of heart failure.
Services are today at First United Methodist Church in Batesville at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Rose Hill cemetery in Sardis. Rev. Don Bishop, Rev. Martin Case and Rev. Barry Male will officiate. Wells Funeral Home has charge.
Cook, born
July 1, 1949, to the late William Leslie and the late Mary Elizabeth Roberts Cook, was a member of First United Methodist Church.
Cook was serving his second year as Rotary Assistant Governor of District 6800. He had responsibility for Batesville, Clarksdale, Como, Quitman County, Sardis and Senatobia as part of the Rotary Club. He joined the Rotary Club of Batesville in 1984 and served two terms as President. During his tenure, the Batesville Club has achieved the largest single year membership gain in the history of the club and won the District 6800 Award for membership development. He has been named a Paul Harris Fellow by the club for outstanding achievement and services.
Cook practiced law in Batesville for the last 24 years. He was listed in "Who's Who in American Law" and served as President of the Panola County Bar Association, as well as the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Section of the Mississippi State Bar. He served as a member of the Mississippi State Board of Bar Admissions and as chairperson of the Bar's Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law. He was a former member of the Bar's Ethics Committee. He served on numerous committees as a member of the American Bar Association, and the American and Mississippi Trial Lawyers Associations. He was a shriner and a mason.
Cook received both his bachelor of arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Ole Miss, where he was awarded membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership and scholastic society. He was a member of the Ole Miss Law School's Lamar Order and past officer of the Panola County Ole Miss Alumni Association.
Cook was a licensed pilot and his hobbies included flying and traveling with his wife and family.
Survivors include his wife Mary Jo Dorr Cook of Batesville; one daughter Maribeth Cook of Batesville; two sons, Leslie Patton Cook and Wiliam Roberts Cook, both of Batesville; and one brother Robert Calvin "Bob" Cook of Germantown.
All memorials may be sent to Batesville Rotary Club or Batesville First United Methodist Church.
Cooke, Fannie Mae Gore
Marks, MS - Fannie Mae Gore Cooke, 96, of Marks, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at Grenada Lake Medical Center of heart failure.
Services were Wednesday at West Marks Baptist Church. Burial was in Lambert cemetery. Rev. Tim Mims officiated. Kimbro Funeral Home had charge.
Cooke, born
June 30, 1907, was a homemaker and a member of West Marks Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son William Raymond Cooke of Mobile, Ala.; six daughters, Olene Phillips of Dyserburg, Tenn., Maxine Mullins of Starkville, Vivian Verno of Peoria, Ariz., Betty Barnes of Filmore, N.Y., Mavis Greene of Muscle Shoals, Ala. and Linda Foster of Grenada; two brothers, Julian Gore of Huntsville, Ala. and Howard Gore of Aurora, Colo.; 27 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and 12 great great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband William B. "Doc" Cooke.
Cornelison, Hazel Marie Mills
Hazel Marie Mills Cornelison, 68, of Walls, died Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at Baptist Desoto of heart failure.
Cornelison, born
Jan. 11, 1937, was a member of Blue Lake Baptist Church and a homemaker.
Services are today at 2 p.m. at Blue Lake Baptist Church in Lambert. Burial is in Lambert cemetery. Rev. Terry Pickard will officiate. Kimbro Funeral Home has charge.
Survivors include one son John Cornelison Jr. of Pelahatchie; three daughters, Linda Marie Pickard of Hernando, Brenda Prewitt of Senatobia and Wanda Jean Bynum of Byram; her mother Lorene Farris Mills of Lambert; two sisters, Martha McCullar and Glenda Cosby, both of Batesville; three brothers, Larry Mills of Oakland, Charles Mills of Water Valley and Jimmy Mills of Lambert; 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Coston, Ruby Odell Wiggs
Ruby Odell Wiggs Coston, 90, of Crenshaw, died Sunday, June 13, 2004, at Senatobia Convalescent Center of heart failure.
Services were Wednesday, June 16, at Kimbro Funeral Home. Burial was in Longtown cemetery in Longtown. Bro. Lester McMullen and Bro. Wesley Davis officiated. Kimbro Funeral Home had charge.
Coston, born
Oct. 4, 1913, was a homemaker and a member of Sarah Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Burling of Kingsland, Calif. and Sue Woolfolk McMullen of Sardis; one son James Coston of Elkmont, Ala.; one sister Kate Winters of Sardis; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Orbie Coston; and one son Doyle Coston.
Cotton, Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee Cotton, 47, of Sardis, died Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.
There will be no services.
Cotton, born
Dec. 15, 1956, to the late James Beatty and late Muriel Lucille Millette Cotton, was a member of Central Academy Church of Christ.
Survivors include one son Thad D. Pennington of Central Point, La.; one daughter Crystal Cotton of Lake Village, Ark.; one sister Lynn Cotton Krol of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and one grandson.
Cox, Lisa Bolen
Lisa Bolen Cox, 31, of Batesville, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2004, at her residence of heart failure.
Services were Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial was in Forrest Memorial Park cemetery in Batesville. Rev. Charles Locke officiated. Wells Funeral Home had charge.
Cox, born
Feb. 2, 1973, to the late Bobby Ray Bolen and Lois Ann Burns Bolen, was a homemaker.
Survivors include her son Brian Ray Cox of Batesville; her mother Lois Ann Burnes Bolen of Batesville; and a grandmother Lila Faye Burns of Batesville.
She was preceded in death by her father Bobby Ray Bolen.
Crawley, Joe L.
Joe L. Crawley, 75, of Batesville, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford of heart failure.
Services were Wednesday at Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial was at Sardis Lake Baptist Church cemetery. Bro. Melvin Crawley and Bro. Kevin Crofford officiated. Wells Funeral Home had charge.
Crawley, born
July 7, 1928, to the late Joe and the late Cordie Bridwell Crawley, was a retired pipe welder.
Survivors include his wife Rubenia Stroup Crawley of Sardis; one daughter Janis Crawley Cathcart of Batesville; two sons, Dr. Willard Crawley of Horn Lake and Larry Crawley of Wyandotte, Mich.; one brother Tiger Crawley of Batesville; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Criddle, Helen Rose Todd
Helen Rose Todd Criddle, 65, of Batesville, died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at Baptist Desoto in Southaven.
Services were Friday at Kimbro Funeral Home Chapel in Marks. Burial was in Crowder cemetery. Rev. Mike Dutton officiated. Kimbro Funeral Home had charge.
Criddle, born
Sept. 7, 1938, to the late John OÕReilly and the late Velma Fontaine Todd, was an employee at Barth Manufacturing.
Survivors include three daughters, Kitty Golden of Crowder, Vanessa Russell of Batesville and step-daughter Debbie Criddle of Texas; four sons, Roger Golden and Thomas Anthony III, both of Batesville, step-sons, Tommy Criddle III of Columbus and Ricky Criddle of Illinois; four sisters, Shirley Golden and Lynn Pruitt, both of Lambert, Trudy Kilgore of Manchester, Tenn. and Hazel Deering of Natchez; and seven grandchildren.
Crouch, Edward Ray
Broken Arrow, OK - Edward Ray Crouch, 83, formerly of Batesville, died Thursday, May 13, 2004, at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Services were Monday at Woodlake Assembly of God in Tulsa, Okla. Burial was in Park Grove cemetery. Pastor Ted Heaston officiated. Hayhurst Funeral Home had charge.
Crouch, born
Sept. 26, 1920, to the late James Monroe and Edna Delene Bankston Crouch, was a WWII veteran having served in the U.S. Army. He was a maintenance supervisor for Ford Motor Company in Sharonville, Ohio before retiring after 30 years. He enjoyed working on cars, yard work and fishing. He was a member of Woodlake Assembly of God.
Survivors include one daughter Iva Tatum of Broken Arrow, Okla.; two sons, Darwin "Danny" Ray Crouch of Prescott, Ariz. and James Crouch of Bixby, Okla; three brothers, Eugene Crouch and Elliot Crouch, both of Batesville and Wilbourn Crouch of Mindenmines, Mo.; two sisters, Clara Murphy of Batesville and Lucille Inman of Athens, Ala.; and one grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his wife Eleanor Ernestine Pound. All memorials may be made to the charity of choice.
Crowell, Floyd B.
Newport, Tn - East Tennessee Tire & Retreading Company co-founder Floyd B. Crowell Jr., 68, died on Saturday morning after a lengthy illness.
Crowell and his partner, Herb Sane, of Parrottsville founded the tire company in 1982. Before that, they had worked together many years at Newport Industrial Products, (later Ace Products) the Newport Firestone tire manufacturing plant.
One of his close friends and former co-workers was Fred Mobley, former Firestone plant manager, who said that Crowell was " a very devout Christian and will be sadly missed."
"Floyd always had this yearning to own a recapping and retreading business. In 1982, his dream was realized when he resigned from Ace Products and with Herb Sane they started East Tennessee Tire & Retreading Company, " said Mobley.
Crowell was born
in Batesville and graduated from Panola County High School, Northwest Junior College in Senatobia and got his degree from Mississippi State University at Starkville.
He studied industrial management and got his first job with Firestone Corporation in Memphis as a supervisor in the reclaiming division.
In 1961, he married
the former Bettie Kinard of Louisville. They have one son Mike Crowell. In 1970, he was transferred to the Newport Industrial Products (later Ace Products) plant where he was the production manager. He and his wife moved to Morristown in 1969.
Rubber products made at the Newport plant were semi-pneumatic tires, which were used on agricultural equipment, lawn and garden equipment and toys. In 1981, Firestone sold the plant to Ace Products. Crowell stayed on and helped the company expand the plant by adding rubber mixing equipment and new lines of products. He was instrumental in the start-up of the new equipment and products and later used his vast knowledge and experience to build his own company.
After Sane retired from East Tenn. Tire, Crowell's son, Mike joined the business fulltime as co-owner, although he had heled for many years while attending high school and Carson-Newman College.
After his long illness of colon cancer, Crowell passed on Saturday, March 27, 2004. Graveside services were Tuesday at First Hamblen Memory Gardens of Morristown. Allen's Funeral Home had charge.
