Frances Ilene Mills Cooke

Mrs. Frances Ilene Mills Cooke, 97, of 217 Northwood Drive, Mount Airy, passed away Monday, May 5, 2008, at her home. Mrs. Cooke was born April 22, 1911, in Ordway, CO, to the late Walter L. and Louie Frans Mills. She was a retired school teacher from the Patrick County School System and a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Wendell Radford of Claudville, VA; a son, Wayne Cooke of Claudville, VA; four grandchildren and spouses, Wendell Radford, Jr. and Kim Radford, Robin and Ken Blackard, Christi and Tim Calhoun, and Lori and Danny Creed; eight great-grandchildren, Kip Blackard, Cole Blackard, Cody Calhoun, Garret Calhoun, Emily Calhoun, Madeline Creed, Abigail Radford, and Zachary Radford; five sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law, Mary Lou Hutchens, Dorothy Mills, Helen Cooke, Mabel Cooke, and Era and Vester Jackson; a former daughter-in-law, Brenda S. Cooke; and special caregivers, Rinita True and Delcie Montgomery. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cooke was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Wayne Cooke; an infant daughter, Glinda Cooke; a sister, Mary Sue Puckett; and four brothers, James Mills, Clyde Mills, Robert Mills, and Cecil Mills. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 2:00 PM at Moody Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Airy. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Buford Jessup and Dr. James Joseph, and entombment will follow in the Pilot Mountain City Mausoleum. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 12:30 until 2:00 PM at the funeral home, and other times at the home of Ann and Wendell Radford, 959 Unity Church Road, Claudville, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mount Airy, NC 27030, or the Mount Carmel Baptist Church Playground Fund, 123 Mount Carmel Church Road, Mount Airy, NC 27030.