Annie (Ann) Ruth Cook Graveside services for Annie (Ann) Ruth Cook will be Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. at Magnolia Cemetery. Robert Barham Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Cook departed this world on February 21, 2012, at her home after a lengthily illness due to a stroke. She was surrounded by her family. She was born on July 8, 1928, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Hattie Helen and Walter Dewitt Callahan. She grew up in Jackson, Mississippi where she graduated from Central High School and Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Millsap's College at the age of nineteen. In her teens she was a gifted musician and gave piano concerts and accordion concerts. After her marriage to Edsel Cook she moved to Meridian. She was a public school teacher and Sunday School Teacher at Poplar Springs Methodist Church, where she was a member for fifty plus years. Mrs. Cook was the owner of the A&I Antiques/Interiors. She was a member of the Phi Mu Sorority, Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) and Junior League. She will be remembered for her devotion to her family and friends, her great style, beauty, artistic talents, bright blue eyes and sweet smile. She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-eight years, Woodrow Edsel Cook, her parents, maternal grandparents Oliver and Suzy McGowan Phillips of Flora, Mississippi, paternal grandparents Joseph and Annie Laura Grandberry Callahan of Columbia, Mississippi. Mrs. Cook is survived by her daughter Rebecca Ann Cook, son Walter Edsel Cook(Debbie) of Meridian and son Woodrow Daniel Cook(Gena) of Houston, Texas; granddaughters Katherine Rae Cook of Lafayette, Louisiana, Anne Brighton Cook and Kathryn Rebecca Cook of Houston, Texas; one sister Helen Sue Steele(Archie) of Banning, California and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.robertbarhamffh.com. Visitation will be held at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
