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Submitted: 1/7/21 • Approved: 1/7/21 • Last Updated: 1/10/21 • R376793-G376793-S3
April 28, 1931-March 8, 2019
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mary Dean Cooke
April 28, 1931 - March 08, 2019
Surrounded by her loving family, Mary Dean Cooke entered Heaven on March 8, 2019.
She was born April 28, 1931 in Jacksonville, Texas to Thomas Jefferson and Juanita Taylor Dean.
On May 17, 1952, Mary Dean and Charles Emmett Cooke, Jr. were married. She and Charles moved to Borger in 1959, where she served her family and was in several civic organizations, women's clubs and always served in her church home, First United Methodist Church, Borger. She and Charles lived in Borger for 54 years before moving to Amarillo.
She loved bridge, reading, cooking, dancing and always dressed to the "nines". Mary was a precious servant of the Lord Jesus Christ and was a faithful wife and mother and Honey to her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Mary deeply loved her husband of 66 years and nurtured her children to walk with the Lord. Jesus was her Lord and she shared Him with anyone at any given moment. She served Him in ministry and was a powerful prayer warrior, always interceding for others. Her life was in His likeness and character that grew out of many trials and tribulations; she endured and persevered with Christ's strength, courage, steadfast ways, grace, mercy and an abundance of faith and love. Because of her personal relationship with Jesus, she knew the truth and shared through listening, teaching and sharing God's wisdom and discernment with others.
Mary mentored many young women and would give love and care to the elderly who were ill. She was a true caregiver and even at the age of 87, her care giving continued with the residents and employees at the nursing home. She was a gracious lady and saw Christ in each person. Mary loved life and loved to stop and simply sit on her patio, pondering the things in her heart.
She was preceded in death by her parents and 2 brothers: Robert Dean and Tom Dean.
Her survivors include her loving husband, Charles; 2 daughters: Marilyn Kay Archer and husband Robert of Borger and Leslie Ann Cowden and husband John of Granbury, Texas; 2 sons: Clayton E. Cooke and wife Lynne of Amarillo and Charles Dean Cooke of Borger; 11 grandchildren: Colin Archer and wife Sarah, Luke Archer, Melanie Archer Hahn and husband Kevin, Shelby Cooke, Chandler Cooke and wife Mindy, Chelsea Green and husband Dallas, Jon Harrison, Jennifer Harrison, Janessa Harrison, Hillary Cowden and Blair Cowden; 5 great grandchildren: Charles Joseph, Katelyn Liberty, Adeline Grace, Carter Cooke and Delanie Free.
A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church, Borger.
Contributions in honor of Mary Cooke may be made to Ceta Canyon, 37201 FM 1721, Happy, Texas 79042.
Arrangement are entrusted to Brown Funeral Directors, Borger.
(Published by Brown Funeral Directors, Saturday, March 9, 2019)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Mary Dean
Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1931
Gender: Female
Birth County: Cherokee
Father's name: Tom Dean
Mother's name: Juanita Taylor
Roll Number: 1931_0002
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Mary Dean
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1931
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Father: Tom Dean
Father Birth Place: Danville, Texas
Mother: Juanita Taylor
Mother Birth Place: Purcell, Oklahoma
Mother Residence: Jacksonville, Texas
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