Kathryn F. Cook

Mrs. Kathryn F. Cook, 89, of the Unionville community died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Unionville, officiated by Reverend Nathe Ozment. Interment will follow in Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive visitors Monday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Curry Funeral Home in Dyersburg and beginning at 12 Noon until service time on Tuesday at the church. Mrs. Cook was a life-long active member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. She served as a volunteer at Dyersburg Region Medical Center and was an active member of the Senior Circle. She was a graduate of Blue Mountain College with a business major. Upon graduation she worked as a civilian for the Air Force and later worked over forty years for the Social Security Administration. She is survived by two daughters, Margo Cox and husband Don of Stuart, Florida, Carol Wirwa and husband Carl of Alamo, and step-son Danny Cook of Ashland City, Tennessee; grandchildren, Kristen Cox Idle and husband Jayme of Orlando, Florida, Shannon Cox, Meghan Cox, and Geoffrey Cox, all of Stuart, Florida, Nick Wirwa and wife Mary Helen of St. Francisville, Louisiana, Drew Wirwa and wife Jamie of Covington, Louisiana, step-granddaughter Katie Brown and husband Joseph of Las Vegas, Nevada, and step-grandson Noah of Ashland City; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Horace and Bertha Dodson; her first husband Matthew Fields, who was the father of her children; and second husband Harold Cook, and two stepsons, B.R. Cook and Ricky Cook. Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2728 Unionville Road, Halls, Tennessee 38040. Online condolences are available on our website: www.curryfuneral.com