Joy Arlene Cook, 67, of Choctaw , passed away at Baptist Medical Center Friday, May 11, 2007. She was born on June 20th, 1939 to Charles and Helen (Wien) Kennedy in Rineyville, Kentucky. Joy married Orval Cook on May 24th, 1957 in Durant, OK. She worked as a secretary for the Department of Education for the State of Oklahoma and more than anything she loved spending time with and taking care of her family. She also enjoyed traveling, collecting spoons and pins. She is preceded in death by her son; Keith Cook and her parents.

Joy is survived by one son, Orval, Jr. of Quinlan, TX; two daughters, Vickie Harbison and husband Danny and Sherri Cook; eleven grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Billie Alice Stewart and her husband D.L. and many other family members and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 14th, 2007 at Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel with interment to follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Choctaw, OK.

photo courtesy Marti Graham, March 5, 2008

Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham. January 2009. Information posted for educational purposes for viewers and researchers. The contributor is not related to nor researching any of the above.

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