Cook Cemetery
Cherokee County, Texas
Cook Cemetery is in the Linwood Community, Cherokee Co., Texas. It is about 5 miles west of Alto, Texas, on Hwy 21. Go pass FM 241. Look for the cemetery sign on the right. Turn left off Hwy 21 onto CR 2526. Go 2.5 miles. The cemetery sign is on the left. Turn left onto a dirt road, which might be a road with grass on it. Follow this road with a chain link fence until you come to the cemetery gate. You will see the cemetery. Edith Low Cook was the first burial in Cook Cemetery in 1857. Edith was the first wife of Shelby H. Cook, the original owner and farmer of the land on which Cook Cemetery lies. Shelby's log cabin was located 50 feet from where Edith is buried, only remnants of the cabin's foundation remains today.
This cemetery was updated July 12, 2008 by Donald R. Rawls second cousin to Roland Ray & Josephine "Joe" Rawls. Graves marked with a * were not found in the 2008 update.
Arrant, Tom L. 5-12-1893 d. 8-6-1936 &
Arrant, Willie A. 10-9-1895 d. 9-24-1934
Arrant, Marjorie Verline 2-28-1919 d. 7-4-1932 *
Arrant, Earnest Everett 1-28-1928 d. 2-14-1928 *
Arrant, William Lewis 4-15-1917 d. 2-27-1987 &
Arrant, Clara Martin 11-23-1916 d. 4-22-1989
Bothwell, Ann Arrant 2-20-1944 d. 1-15-2007
Clinton, Wilda Ruth 8-1-192? d.______ (on the same stone as Aaron Cummings)
Cook, Edith (Low) 1824-1857 (first wife of Shelby H.) &
Cook, Shelby H. 1820-1876 (born in Mississippi) &
Cook, Bettie E. 1838-1900 (second wife of Shelby H. married 9-19-1859) (maiden name: Allen)
Cook, Shelby H. 1-18-1882 d. 4-20-1959 *
Cook, John O. 3-9-1855 d. 12-1-1919 &
Cook, Mary L. 12-7-1857 d. 6-25-1914
Cook, infant birth & death 7-25-1916 (son of S.M. & C.A.) &
Cook, Samuel M. 12-14-1886 d. 10-30-1916
Cummings, Adron birth & death 5-29-1920 (son of M. & A.M.)
Cummings, Matthew 9-30-1896 d. 8-30-1972 (Daddy) &
Cummings, Allie M. 6-1-1897 d. 8-3-1975 (married Matthew 10-14-1917)
Cummings, Aaron 10-24-1921 d. 11-1-1976 (on the same stone as Wilda Ruth Clinton)
Dorsett, Walter 12-17-1932 d. 12-20-1952
Dorsett, Thomas O. 3-1-1900 d. 5-31-1971 &
Dorsett, Margaret D. 1-27-1903 d. 9-26-1982
Felder, M.E. "Mack" 9-28-1928 d. 10-10-1970 &
Felder, Maggie E. "Beth" 9-30-1935 d._______
Forest, Harold L. 6-29-1924 d. 5-30-1999 &
Forest, Frankie L. 1-17-1925 d. 5-12-2006 (married 4-15-1945)
Hardy, infant 1893 (son of Mr. & Mrs. W.A.)
Hardy, William A. 3-19-1843 d. d. 2-1-1917 (Mason) (Co. E 7th S.C. Inf CSA)
Hardy, Fannie 6-29-1860 d. 4-18-1942
Hardy, Coleman F. 12-23-1877 d. 7-3-1954 &
Hardy, Beatrice Ramey 7-3-1899 d. 12-24-1981
Hayes, Ellen Cook 1838 - 1887
Holmes, Lee E. 10-30-1907 d. 2-12-1973 &
Holmes, Gertie 11-17-1909 d. 9-7-1977
Hudnall, Clay 1960 d. 2007
Keech, Kenneth Myrle 9-7-1940 d. 12-1-1977 &
Keech, Serena Carolina 1-16-1956 d.______ (married 9-26-1976)
Lindstrom, Lewis L. 6-25-1914 d. 5-8-1918
Lindstrom, William T. 3-3-1841 d. 8-4-1942 (husband of Mary Emily Cook)
Lindstrom, Emily Cook 1836 - 1890 (wife of Wm. T.)
Lindstrom, Albert J. 1-11-1886 d. 3-8-1976 &
Lindstrom, Lula V. 4-1-1892 d. 6-19-1973
Lindstrom, Tenny 1888 - 1891
Lindstrom, George 1890 - 1890
Lindstrom, Arthur Jahu Sr. 7-23-1917 d. 6-4-1991
Lindstrom, Willie Vanada 11-3-1918 d. 9-20-2002
Matteson, Myrtle R. 2-3-1894 d. 2-3-1972
Pederzani, Eunice Arrant 10-24-1920 d. 6-31-2001
Ramey, Charlie E. 8-25-1890 d. 4-28-1977 (Mason) &
Ramey, Nellie V. 6-9-1894 d. 2-8-1988 (OES)
Ramey, Russell Monroe 10-18-1896 d. 2-29-1972 (Mason) &
Ramey, Ida Mae Hardy 10-11-1900 d. 7-17-1976 (OES)
Ramey, Nellie Charline 2-9-1933 d. 12-18-1935 (daughter of Charlie & Nellie)
Ramey, Archie M. 3-22-1869 d. 11-27-1948 &
Ramey, Maggie L. 5-23-1864 d. 7-12-1950
Rawls, Roland Ray 1-26-1927 d. 3-30-2006 (S1 US Navy WWII) &
Rawls, Wanda Yeargan 1-23-1928 d.________ (married 7-29-1945)
Rawls, D. L. 6-21-1907 d. 1-26-1994 &
Rawls, Ethel Vada Selman 4-6-1907 d. 3-28-1988
Rawls, Josphine 6-25-1929 d. 10-17-2003
Redd, infant 3-24-1924 (son of Robert & Jessie)
Redd, Robert Lewis 7-7-1893 d. 2-29-1970 (Mason) &
Redd, Jessie Uola 7-13-1899 d. 4-25-1980 (OES)
Redd, Robert L. Jr. 9-28-1929 d. 3-24-2000
Ryan, Darice Helena 10-23-1921
Selman, W. Howard 1904 - 1968 &
Selman, Gladys 1910 - 1987
Selman, McClure 3-15-1900 d. 9-17-1940 (married Oma 6-15-1918) &
Selman, Oma 8-5-1901 d._______
Selman, Willis G. 12-24-1873 d. 2-22-1939 (WOW) &
Selman, Minerva A. 11-26-1873 d. 9-6-1943 (maiden name: Cook)
Selman, A. L. 10-30-1893 d. 11-30-1893 *
Selman, Al 10-1888 d. 11-1896
Selman, Pauline "Aunt Pontie" 7-30-1914 d. 5-2-1988
Voncannon, Charolette 11-22-1970 d. 10-23-1986
There are at least 3 graves marked with granite stones with no names