Funeral service for Mrs. Margie “Vernice” Shirley Cook, will be 11 a.m. Friday, August 19, at Brookway Baptist Church, with interment in the Riverwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Friday.
Mrs. Cook, 94, passed from this life August 15, 2022. She was born in Why Not, MS, October 15, 1927, to Jesse Harmon Shirley and Nora Dunnam Shirley.
Mrs. Cook was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, even welcoming great and great, great grandchildren. She married her late husband, Jimmie, on Christmas Eve, 1945 and had 47 years together. They were blessed with four children.
She was a homemaker for many years, until taking a position as bookkeeper/receptionist. Then in later years, she worked at King’s Daughters Medical Center Gift Shop. She will be greatly missed by her loved ones and friends.
Mrs. Cook is preceded in death by her husband, James “Jimmie” Cook and son, Ronald Wayne “Ron” Cook.
She is survived by her son, Richard Cook (Cathy), of Mansura, LA; daughters, Colleen Clements (Dean) and Jimminette Phillips (David), both of Brookhaven, MS; brother, James Shirley, of Baton Rouge, MS; sisters, Delores Bennett, of Denham Springs, LA and Catherine Middleton, of Terry, MS. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and 3 great, great grandchildren as well as other loving family members and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.
