Mary Cooke

Four Oaks: Mrs. Mary Lois Langdon Cooke, age 90, of 2474 Lassiter Road Four Oaks died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Wake Medical in Raleigh. Funeral Services will be held 11:00AM Friday March 7, 2014 at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks. Revs. Louis Godwin, John Massengill, and Mike Penry will officiate.  Burial will follow in the Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield, NC.   Mrs. Cooke was born February 22, 1924 in Johnston County to the late Willie Alfred & Mamie Johnson Langdon. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Leonard (J.L.) Cooke, Jr., brothers, Horace, Walter, & George Langdon.  Mrs. Cooke retired from the Johnston County Board of Education.  After retirement she was a secretary at Minshew Funeral Home in Four Oaks. She was a member Hopewell Free Will Baptist Church where she served in many capacities.  Mrs. Cooke was a homemaker.   Surviving are, Daughters & Son-In-Law, Gail C. & David Massengill, of Four Oaks, Janet D. Cooke of Four Oaks; a Son & Daughter-In-Law, Bob & Becky Cooke of Jamestown, NC; Grandchildren & Spouses, Donna & Brian Harris of Clayton, NC, Mandy & Pete Meyer of Brevard, NC, John & Joanie Massengill of Four Oaks, and Ginny & Mike Penry of Garner, NC;  Great-Grandchildren, Dakota & Tristany Massengill, David R. Massengill, Tyler, Trevor & Jenna Harris, Courtney & Abigail Lois Meyer, and Alaina & Holly Penry.; a sister-in-law, Elaine Langdon of Four Oaks. Many nieces & nephews.                                                                                                                                                     The family will receive friends  from 6:00PM-8:00PM Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks. Flowers are welcomed or donations may be made to one's favorite charity.