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Obituary for Robert Lee Cook Robert Lee Cook
Sweet Chalybeate Native Was Westvaco Retiree, Army Veteran, Lifelong Farmer

Robert Lee Cook, 81, of Covington, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at his residence.

Robert was born on October 27, 1936, to the late Floyd Bruce Cook, Sr., and Elizabeth Plain Stone Cook in Sweet Chalybeate, Virginia.

Robert graduated Dunlap High School, class of 1954. He served his country enlisting in the Army and was stationed in Germany. He was a lifelong farmer, as well as a papermaker for Westvaco for 43 years when he retired in 1999.

Other than his parents, he is preceded in death by a brother, Jim Cook.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Charlotte Kersey Cook of Covington, VA; daughter, Kelly Cook of Sweet Chalybeate, VA; sons, Jeffery Cook (Margaret) of Sweet Chalybeate, VA, John Cook (Mary) of Gap Mills, WV, and Kevin Cook of Charleston, WV; sister, Judy Ann Howell of Iron Gate, VA; sister-in-law, Peggy Cook of Manassas, VA; brother, Pete Cook (Linda) of Sweet Chalybeate, VA; special cousin, Jack Harmon of Sweet Chalybeate, VA; grandchildren, Chelsea Cook Sweet Chalybeate, VA, and Robert Cook, Chalybeate, VA.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 21, 2018 at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs, WV, with Pastor Bill Gilliland officiating. Burial will follow at Sweet Chalybeate Community Cemetery in VA.

A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. until time of service at the funeral home.