Celebrating the life of
Julius Vincent Cook
August 28, 1916 - February 20, 2008
Julius Vincent Cook, 91, died February 20, 2008 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. He was born in Savannah, son of the late William Frank Cook and Lula Carney Cook. The lifelong resident of Savannah was retired from the United States Postal Service and a member of Isle Hope Baptist Church and the Elks and Moose Club. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Emma Jean Guerry Cook and his second wife, Sarah P. Cook.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Guerry Cook McLendon and Leighton C. McLendon, Jr. of Aiken, SC; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jay V. and Frankie Cook of Athens, GA; David B. Cook of Watkinsville, GA; brother, John M. Cook of Savannah; grandchildren, Leighton C. McLendon, III and his wife, Allison of Columbia, SC; David V. McLendon and his wife, Tracy of New Orleans, LA; Lea Anne C. Wallace and her husband, Jeff of Savannah; Jay W. Cook, of Athens, GA; Guerry Jeanne Cook of Nottingham, England; Rachel Marlene Cook of Athens, GA; great grandchildren, Leighton C. McLendon, IV, Lawson P. McLendon both of Columbia, SC; J. Wright Wallace, Anne Keese Wallace both of Savannah; step-daughters, Sally Wells and her husband, Jeremy of London, England; Iris Callaway of Atlanta; GA; grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Wells of London, England; Jennifer C. Garlow of Atlanta, GA; John Elliot Callaway of Atlanta, GA; great grandchildren, Zachary Garlow and Austin Garlow both of Atlanta, GA and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside Service: 3:00 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2008 at Bonaventure Cemetery with Reverend Myron R. Fields, officiating.
Remembrances: Isle of Hope Baptist Church, 22 Rose Ave., Savannah, GA 31406.
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Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
We send our love and sympathy to your family on your recent losses. God bless.
- Bubba and Beverly Mock, Savannah, GA
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during the loss of your father.Lots of love, Doris and Henderson
- Doris and Henderson Johnson, Aiken, SC
Please know of my thoughts and prayers for you in the death of Julius. I will miss his presence as he use to sit on the end of the pew I sit on at Isle of Hope Baptist. May your memories of him help to heal your sorrow of his loss.
- Sophia Barnes, Savannah, GA
Guerry, You and your family are in my prayers.
- Susan Pruett, New Ellenton, SC
To the Cook Family- I have had the honor and pleasure of working with and counting among my friends Jay Cook. If Jay is any reflection of his father, then Julius Vincent Cook must have been one great man. Please know that the Stubbs family has all of you in our thoughts and prayers. -Tom Stubbs, Decatur
- Tom Stubbs, Decatur, GA
We send our love and sympathy to your family on your recent losses. God bless.
- Bubba and Beverly Mock, Savannah, GA
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during the loss of your father.Lots of love, Doris and Henderson
- Doris and Henderson Johnson, Aiken, SC
Please know of my thoughts and prayers for you in the death of Julius. I will miss his presence as he use to sit on the end of the pew I sit on at Isle of Hope Baptist. May your memories of him help to heal your sorrow of his loss.
- Sophia Barnes, Savannah, GA
Guerry, You and your family are in my prayers.
- Susan Pruett, New Ellenton, SC
To the Cook Family- I have had the honor and pleasure of working with and counting among my friends Jay Cook. If Jay is any reflection of his father, then Julius Vincent Cook must have been one great man. Please know that the Stubbs family has all of you in our thoughts and prayers. -Tom Stubbs, Decatur
- Tom Stubbs, Decatur, GA
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
