Show Co BoCook Cook Died at i I Havana April 14 r l' l Memorial l Service Will Vill h o oi BeAt Be Held At Myton i Sunday I J A April 1 26 1925 at y J d a r 7 do 11 A fiLM M t 4 I It is s doubtful lU i if f any p piece of news co could t b be rec received iv in inthe in in the basin basin basin bat ba ba- sin to c cause ause a more surprise general Ls surprise and and sympathetic I sorrow sorrow orr w tl than Ul that that received Tuesday of or tb the death eath of Charles Bool Booker er Cook atI ana a Cuba Cub on April Information is lacking as as to to the th details of f his death despite every effort on the thel l part art of the Free Press and friends to receive some somo by rap raphy h A letter received front from his his' brother Rev J. J A. A Cook k of Randal Randal- man N. N C C. stated that he had been heen informed of f the illness of his brothel broth broth- ci el by the lodge of Havana on April and the next day a tt telegram informed him of or the death and requested directions for disposition disposition dispo dispo- of the remains Since the Cuban laws require that hat a body hody must be interred within within with in twenty four hours Rev lr Cook telegraphed ph d instructions that he lie e bo be d with with Masonic rights The funeral t taking king place Wednesday April t Charles Challes Booker Cook Cool was born horn at Hillsville Carrol county Virginia Virginin Oct i o Five sisters sisters anH anti two brothers survive him 1 They hey are ire are i Hey ev J J. J A A. Cook Randleman N. N C. C Mrs l M. M I. I J. J Crist Canton N. N C. C Mrs Jos Jos' Wright Rog Rogersville Tenn Mrs J J C C. C Postell Gilkey N N. C. C C Mrs Nellie Push flush Whitesburg Tenn renn sIrs Mrs Virginia Eaton St Staffordsville Stat Staf- f- f fordsville Va Ta E E. E J. J Cook Cool Bristol Drist I S Tenn Mr lir Cook first entered d. d th the Uintah h basin in 1905 coming to Vernal to accept a position on tho the Vernal Vernal- Express Express Ex Ex- press under Dan Hillman His work in that section gave him a wide acquaintance acquaintance aeI ac ae- I and many warm warns frien s i In 1909 1900 he lie took up ap a three miles west of or Myton From that time until 1912 he e made this this this' his home publishing during daring this this' period a booklet entitled ed The The rh i of oft Uintah D' D I Wealth of t the Basin si tJ From until lar lq l 1015 het he I t t i vo worked ked at Vernal Express i resigning that position t to ac accept pt t the le leni ni and editorial chair ot of ottlie Myton Fr Free e. e Press which he helped helped help help- ed 01 t to promote r Except for a a short vacation vacation n h in 1917 1017 when he visited relatives ana and friends fr near his V hone hom his 1113 entire energy and effort has been heen used in the of the Uin- Uin tall tah basin and ancl the Myton l Free Press Always a leading factor in th lie promotion of ot any boosting enter- enter prize his world work gave him him perhaps a wider acquaintance than any mar man manin in the basin While he never ran ran for oHice In any capacity his sound I viewpoint and energetic York world gave gave- him hint a prominent position in the political po pa party with which he affiliated Before n rore leaving on what he expected expected ex- ex to be a six months vacation I tri trip Mr 11 Cook placed his business co connections in excellent shape hape His tri trip starting Feb took tool him to California where he he spent some saute thence to Panama b by water spending ng considerable time st studying u rl the time byways Many interesting letters letters let let- ers received express his t thorough h enjoyment of the trip It was on anthe on an the last lap of the tho trip his next was to have taken alen him to 10 his old home in in Sin North Carolina that death overtook overtook overtook over over- took him Mr Ir Cook Cool was a member J of Basin Lodge No 20 F. F and A. A M. M a truss trus trustee tee of the Myton I ton Presbyterian church and K x member of the tho Myton Irton commercial club and his iris loss to lo toI I t these leso organizations ati ns hs as as well wel a as nu the he community unity will be he f greatly feltl felt 1 J Memorial services s will be tic held at atthe at atthe atthe l' l the Presbyterian Presbyterian- church h Sunday April at at 1 1100 00 o'clock am ani a m at t which his 1 friends will pay 1 him t m honor |