SERVICES:  Tuesday, July 18, 2023

West Ellisville Baptist Church

2:00 p.m.

INTERMENT:  Ellisville Cemetery

VISITATION:  Tuesday, July 18, 2023

West Ellisville Baptist Church

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Services for Mrs. Hazel Cook, age 103, of Ellisville, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at West Ellisville Baptist Church.  Mrs. Cook passed from this life on July 13, 2023.  Bro. Jerry East will officiate the service with burial to follow in Ellisville Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers will be Nolan Green, Rivers Green, Jason Cook, Colby Reeves, Jason Phillips, and Thomas Montgomery.

Mrs. Cook retired after 24 years of service as a registered nurse from Community Hospital in Laurel where she was awarded nurse of the year in 1983.  She was a very active member of West Ellisville Baptist Church.  She loved caring for her flowers and small garden pots, doing crossword puzzles, and reading her Bible daily.  She was a wonderful cook and was lovingly known as Mama Hazel to all.

Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her husband, William Thomas Cook; son, William Thomas "Bill" Cook, Jr.; daughter, Roma Faye Herring; and sisters, Lola Irene Wright and Eva Lavene Williams.

She is survived by her daughters, Rita Ann (Mike) Holmes of Sherwood, OR, Hazel Gail (Tom) Sumrall of Richton, and Paula Jean (Ronnie) Green of Ellisville; son, Robert Joel Cook of Laurel; son-in-law, Reuben Reed Herring of Tylertown; daughter-in-law, Martha Cook of Memphis, TN; sister, Thelma Jean Reed; brother, Rivers Wayne (Faye) Holmes; 14 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and 16 great great grandchildren.