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Josephine "Josie" Mae Burress

Female 1882 - 1962  (79 years)


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  1. 1.  Josephine "Josie" Mae Burress was born on 16 Jul 1882 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 4 Jun 1962 in Draper, Pulaski, Virginia, USA; was buried in Jun 1962 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia.

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    • Census 1900: 1900, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
    • Will: 1962, Tazewell County, Virginia; VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell, the 2nd day of July, 1962. In Re: PROBATE OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOSEPHINE BURRESS COOKE, DECEASED. A writing dated the 23rd day of December, 1948, purporting to be the last will and testament of Josephine Burress Cooke, was this day presented in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County, Virginia, by Clyde C. Cooke, son, who is named therein as Executor and Trustee thereof, and offered for probate. It appearing from the evidence introduced that the said Josephine Burress Cooke died on the 4th day of June, 1962; that at the time of her death, she had a known place of residence in Tazewell County, Virginia, and owned real and personal property therein. Thereupon came Paul. S. Hudgins, one of the subscribing witnesses to said writing, who, after being duly sworn, stated that the said writing was signed and acknowledged by the said Josephine Burress Cooke as and for her last will and testament in his presence, and in the prescience of B. M. Newman and Virginia Mae Armes, the other subscribing witness thereto, all four being present together at the same time, and that he, the said Paul S. Hudgins, and B.M. Newman and Virginia Mae Armes, signed their names thereto as subscribing witness at the request of the said Josephine Burress Cooke and in her presence and in the presence of each other, all four being present together at the same time, and that in his opinion, the said Josephine Burress Cooke was of sound mind at the time thereof. It, therefore, appearing that the said writing was properly executed as a will is required to be executed under the law and that the same has been legally proven, the same is hereby admitted to probate and ordered to be recorded as and for the last will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased. Thereupon, Clyde C. Cooke, son and who is named in said writing as Executor and Trustee thereof, moved that he be appointed Executor and Trustee under the last Will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased, which motion was granted, and the said Clyde C. Cooke is hereby appointed Executor and Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Josephine Burress Cooke, deceased. Thereupon, Clyde C. Cooke qualified as such Executor and Trustee by taking and subscribing the oath required by law and by entering into bond in the penalty of Six Thousand (6,000.00) Dollars, without surety, said bound being payable and conditioned according to law, the said testatrix having requited in said will that no security be required of him. On motion of Clyde C. Cooke, Executor and Trustee, as aforesaid, and it appearing from the evidence introduced that Josephine Burress Cooke owned no personal property other than a small amount of household and personal effects of a value of approximately $50.00, no appraisers are appointed to appraise said estate. Given under my hand this 2nd day of July, 1962 Rhea F. Moore, Jr. Clerk Virginia: In the clerk's office of the Circuit court of the County of Tazewell: Estate of Josephine Burress Cooke, deceased. I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Tazewell as Executor and Trustee under the last will and testament of Josephine Burress, Cooke, deceased, late of the County of Tazewell, Virginia, on my oath do say that I have made diligent inquiry and that I believe the following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and addresses of the heirs of my decedent, Josephine Burress, Cooke, who died in testate on June 4, 1962. Clyde C. Cooke, 58, Son, Bluefield VA. Helen C. Hudgins, 56, Daughter, Bluefield VA Vernon L. Cooke, 54, Son, Bluefield, Va Edith Whisman, 52, Daughter, Knoxville, Tn Alvin W. Cooke, 22, Grandson, Bluefield, Va Suzanne Cook, 19, Bluefield, Va Given under my hand, this 2nd day of July, 1962 Clyde C. Cooke Executor and Trustee Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2nd day of July 1962 RHEA F. MOORE, JR, Clerk

    Josephine married Frank Roland Cook on 24 Dec 1901 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Frank (son of Jacob Cook and Ann Barton) was born on 18 Jun 1879 in Giles County, Virginia; died on 11 May 1940 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 12 May 1940 in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Clyde C. Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Dec 1902 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; died on 22 Feb 1976 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 3. Helen G Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1906 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 28 Dec 1992 in Virginia.
    3. 4. Vernon L. Cooke  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jul 1908 in Watkins, West Virginia; died on 14 Jun 1986 in Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA.
    4. 5. Alvin Wesley Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1910 in Virginia, United States; died before 1976.
    5. 6. Edith Cook  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1912 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died after 1976.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Clyde C. Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Josephine1) was born on 3 Dec 1902 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; died on 22 Feb 1976 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Clyde C. Cooke, 73, of 442 South College Ave., Bluefield, Va., died Sunday night in a Bluefield hospital following a short illness. Born in Bluefield, Va., he was a son of the late Frank and Josephine Burress Cooke. He was a retired purchasing agent for National Electric Coil Company and was a past master of Harman Lodge No. 222, AF & AM, in Bluefield, Va. He was also a member of the B.G. Bottimore Royal Arch Chapter. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Norma Cooper Cooke; one daughter, Mrs. Bonnie J . Ford of Coral Gables, Fla.; one brother, Vernon L. Cooke of Bluefield; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Hudgins of Bluefield and Mrs. Edith Whisman of Charlottesville, Va.; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Bluefield, Va., with Rev. Bymun Orr, officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Members of Hartman Masonic Lodge will be active pallbearers and employes of National Electric Coil Company will serve as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 until 9 p.m. where a Masonic memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

    Family/Spouse: Norma Cooper. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Helen G Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Josephine1) was born in 1906 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 28 Dec 1992 in Virginia.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown Hudgins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Vernon L. CookeVernon L. Cooke Descendancy chart to this point (1.Josephine1) was born on 15 Jul 1908 in Watkins, West Virginia; died on 14 Jun 1986 in Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA.

    Vernon married Thelma Thomason on 16 Jan 1922 in Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Sandra Cook  Descendancy chart to this point

    Vernon married Virginia Gertrude Bird on 18 Aug 1928 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA. Virginia (daughter of Doc Hoge Bird and Amanda A. Ruble) was born on 2 Oct 1911 in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; died on 12 Aug 1961 in Fitkin Hospital, Neptune, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Vernon Lee Cook, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 5.  Alvin Wesley Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Josephine1) was born about 1910 in Virginia, United States; died before 1976.

    Family/Spouse: Madge Kirby. Madge was born about 1913 in West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Edith Cook Descendancy chart to this point (1.Josephine1) was born in 1912 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died after 1976.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown Whisman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Sandra Cook Descendancy chart to this point (4.Vernon2, 1.Josephine1)

  2. 8.  Vernon Lee Cook, Jr.Vernon Lee Cook, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (4.Vernon2, 1.Josephine1)



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