QUITMAN, Ga. - Lawrence D. Cook Sr. of Atlanta, whose father and grandfather were Georgia secretaries of state and who lost a race for the office himself, died Wednesday at the Presbyterian Home here. He was 83.
Mr. Cook had been in the nursing home since January, after a year and a half at another nursing home in Atlanta, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Oglethorpe Hill with burial at Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Cook's grandfather, Philip Cook, was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1883, and Georgia's secretary of state from 1890-94. Cook County in south Georgia was named for him in 1918.
The deceased's father, also named Philip Cook, was Georgia's secretary of state from 1898 to 1918.
Their grandson and son tried to keep the office in the family but lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in 1936. John B. Wilson won re-election that year.
"Dad was a very shy and rather retiring person," said his son, Lawrence D. Cook Jr. of Atlanta. "He said the longest speech he made that year was in a crowded elevator in Waycross, Ga."
After his try at politics, Mr. Cook operated an Atlanta insurance agency from 1939 to 1970.
Lawrence Douglas Cook was born Sept. 27, 1902, in Atlanta, and graduated from Boys High School. He was an Army veteran of World War I and received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1923.
He belonged to the Georgia Insurance Association, Surety Association of America, and the now-defunct Meninac Club, for "men in action." He also was at various times a charter member and elder of two Presbyterian churches, Trinity and Northwest.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Steffner Cook, died at age 81 on Dec. 8.
Surviving in addition are another son, G. Philip Cook of Alpharetta; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Lightcap of Villa Rica and Mrs. Julianne Ashmead of Lafayette, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Tyler of Roswell; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) — Friday, December 20, 1985
Mr. Cook had been in the nursing home since January, after a year and a half at another nursing home in Atlanta, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Oglethorpe Hill with burial at Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Cook's grandfather, Philip Cook, was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1883, and Georgia's secretary of state from 1890-94. Cook County in south Georgia was named for him in 1918.
The deceased's father, also named Philip Cook, was Georgia's secretary of state from 1898 to 1918.
Their grandson and son tried to keep the office in the family but lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in 1936. John B. Wilson won re-election that year.
"Dad was a very shy and rather retiring person," said his son, Lawrence D. Cook Jr. of Atlanta. "He said the longest speech he made that year was in a crowded elevator in Waycross, Ga."
After his try at politics, Mr. Cook operated an Atlanta insurance agency from 1939 to 1970.
Lawrence Douglas Cook was born Sept. 27, 1902, in Atlanta, and graduated from Boys High School. He was an Army veteran of World War I and received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1923.
He belonged to the Georgia Insurance Association, Surety Association of America, and the now-defunct Meninac Club, for "men in action." He also was at various times a charter member and elder of two Presbyterian churches, Trinity and Northwest.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Steffner Cook, died at age 81 on Dec. 8.
Surviving in addition are another son, G. Philip Cook of Alpharetta; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Lightcap of Villa Rica and Mrs. Julianne Ashmead of Lafayette, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Tyler of Roswell; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) — Friday, December 20, 1985
QUITMAN, Ga. - Lawrence D. Cook Sr. of Atlanta, whose father and grandfather were Georgia secretaries of state and who lost a race for the office himself, died Wednesday at the Presbyterian Home here. He was 83.
Mr. Cook had been in the nursing home since January, after a year and a half at another nursing home in Atlanta, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Oglethorpe Hill with burial at Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Cook's grandfather, Philip Cook, was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1883, and Georgia's secretary of state from 1890-94. Cook County in south Georgia was named for him in 1918.
The deceased's father, also named Philip Cook, was Georgia's secretary of state from 1898 to 1918.
Their grandson and son tried to keep the office in the family but lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in 1936. John B. Wilson won re-election that year.
"Dad was a very shy and rather retiring person," said his son, Lawrence D. Cook Jr. of Atlanta. "He said the longest speech he made that year was in a crowded elevator in Waycross, Ga."
After his try at politics, Mr. Cook operated an Atlanta insurance agency from 1939 to 1970.
Lawrence Douglas Cook was born Sept. 27, 1902, in Atlanta, and graduated from Boys High School. He was an Army veteran of World War I and received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1923.
He belonged to the Georgia Insurance Association, Surety Association of America, and the now-defunct Meninac Club, for "men in action." He also was at various times a charter member and elder of two Presbyterian churches, Trinity and Northwest.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Steffner Cook, died at age 81 on Dec. 8.
Surviving in addition are another son, G. Philip Cook of Alpharetta; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Lightcap of Villa Rica and Mrs. Julianne Ashmead of Lafayette, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Tyler of Roswell; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) — Friday, December 20, 1985
Mr. Cook had been in the nursing home since January, after a year and a half at another nursing home in Atlanta, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Oglethorpe Hill with burial at Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Cook's grandfather, Philip Cook, was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. congressman from 1875 to 1883, and Georgia's secretary of state from 1890-94. Cook County in south Georgia was named for him in 1918.
The deceased's father, also named Philip Cook, was Georgia's secretary of state from 1898 to 1918.
Their grandson and son tried to keep the office in the family but lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state in 1936. John B. Wilson won re-election that year.
"Dad was a very shy and rather retiring person," said his son, Lawrence D. Cook Jr. of Atlanta. "He said the longest speech he made that year was in a crowded elevator in Waycross, Ga."
After his try at politics, Mr. Cook operated an Atlanta insurance agency from 1939 to 1970.
Lawrence Douglas Cook was born Sept. 27, 1902, in Atlanta, and graduated from Boys High School. He was an Army veteran of World War I and received a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1923.
He belonged to the Georgia Insurance Association, Surety Association of America, and the now-defunct Meninac Club, for "men in action." He also was at various times a charter member and elder of two Presbyterian churches, Trinity and Northwest.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Steffner Cook, died at age 81 on Dec. 8.
Surviving in addition are another son, G. Philip Cook of Alpharetta; two daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Lightcap of Villa Rica and Mrs. Julianne Ashmead of Lafayette, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Tyler of Roswell; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA) — Friday, December 20, 1985
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