- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Wake for The Honorable Josephine Holmes Cook, Sunday, October 20, 1996 at 6:00PM, Jackson Memorial Church, 534 Fairburn Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia, 404-691-4238
- Date of Original:
- 1996-10-20
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Josephine Holmes Cook. Birth date: May 8, 1947. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: October 20, 1996. Church: Jackson Memorial Church (Atlanta, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 119
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_cookjosephineholmes19961020
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_cookjosephineholmes19961020
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
" HIS LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT: T HOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW
THINGS, I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS. ENTER
THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD."
ST. MATTHEW 25:21
THE FAMILY OF jUDGE jOSEPHINE HOLMES COOK KINDLY THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, LOVE, AND SUPPORT DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR CARDS, FLOWERS, TELEGRAMS
AND ALL OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
MAY Goo BLESS EACH OF YOU.
rWAKE
THE HONORABLE
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1996 AT 6:00PM
jACKSON MEMORIAL C HURCH
534 FAIRBURN ROAD, NW
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
(404) 691-4238
The Honorable Josephine Holmes Cook was born in Leslie, Georgia on May 8 , 1947 to her loving parents, Mr. R. B. Holmes, Sr. and Mrs. Lucille Johnson Holmes. Judge Cook was reared in Jacksonville, Florida in a close knit Christian family. Josephine graduated from Northwestern High School and received her B.A. degree from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. Her master's degree was earned from Georgia State University and she received the Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the devoted wife of Ruben Cook, the loving mother of two children, Renee and Raynard, and the proud grandmother of Jamar.
A phenomenal woman, Judge Cook had a distinguished professional career which included teaching in public schools, social work, and employment as a very successful insurance agent before entering the legal profession. Judge Cook was in private law practice for several years. She then ran and won an open seat for Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County, the position she currently held at her untimely demise.
Additionally, Judge Cook was an active member of several civic and community associations. Among them were the Nu Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Leadership Atlanta Class of 1997; the Marion Woods Homeowners' Association, Constitution Committee: the Atlanta Council on Battered Women; and the Woodward Academy Booster and Parents' Club.
Converted at an early age at the First Samuel Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Judge Cook was serious about her, faith in God and worked diligently in the Church. She was a founding and faithful member of Olivet Baptist Church of Christ where she served on the Trustee Board and as the Attorney for the church. Josephine leaves to cherish her memory, a devoted husband, ~uben Cook; two loving children, Renee Holmes of Tallahassee, Florida and Raynard; loving parents, R.B. Holmes, Sr. and Lucille Johnson Holmes of Jacksonville, Florida; and devoted sisters and brothers: Barbara Holmes of Orlando, Florida; R.B. Holmes, Jr., (Gloria) of Tallahassee, Florida; Bettye Holmes Anderson of Atlanta; Deborah Holmes Parnell (Winfred) of Dallas, Texas; Glen Holmes of Dallas, Texas; Ronald Holmes (Constance) of Atlanta; and Sharon Holmes Arnold (Kenneth) of Jacksonville, Florida; one grandchild, Jamar Smith of Tallahassee, Florida; nieces and nephews: John Anderson, Joi Holmes, Winfred Parnell, Wendy Parneii,Tina Holmes, Ashaki Holmes, Stacey Holmes, Shaen Arnold, and Kenneth Arnold, Jr.; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, godchild, other relatives and friends. Josephine Holmes Cook will long be remembered for her sense of pers~verance, justice, courage and positive disposition.
Josephine, we love you and we will miss you!!!
Presiding, The Reverend Dr. R. B. Holmes, Jr.
HYMN
"Blessed Assurance"
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE
HYMN
WORDS OF COMFORT
The Reverend Dr. Gregory Sutton, Pastor Jackson Memorial Baptist Church
"IVY BEYOND THE WALL" CEREMONY Presiding, Ms. Mary Lynn Watkins, Basileus
conducted by
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Nu Lambda Omega Chapter
Funeral Service Olivet Baptist Church of Christ
877 Highway 314 North Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
