Cook, Evelyn D.

Evelyn D. Cook, 98, of Long Shop, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at New River Valley Medical Center.

She was born in Spruce Run Community of Giles County on June 1, 1908 to the late Ned and Lucy Buckland Dowdy. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harmon H. Cook, three brothers and two sisters. She was a longtime member of the Shiloh Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Gladys Cook, of Long Shop; three grandchildren, Dale Cook and wife Susan, Mark Cook, all of Long Shop, Anita Wilson and husband, Louis, of Roanoke; two stepgrandchildren, Tim McCoy, of McCoy, and Clay McCoy, of Christiansburg; three great-grandchildren, Joshua Cook and wife Roxie, David Cook, and Nicholas Wilson; nieces, Joann Boitnott, Frances Rash, Peggy Huffman, Jane Hurd, and Jean Ingrahm; nephew, Eddie Dowdy.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 1 p.m. in the Shiloh Lutheran Church with Mr. Bobby E. Fuller officiating. Interment will follow in the Harless Cemetery, Long Shop. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shiloh Lutheran Church, c/o Verna Reynolds, 4989 Whitethorne Road, Blacksburg, Va. 24060. Friends may call anytime after 12 noon Friday, and the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at McCoy Funeral Home 150 Country Club Drive SW, Blacksburg.