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.

Starting from the Northeastern corner of the cemetery, begin each row on the west end.

Row 1

Rawls, Ronald Ray 1-26-1927 d. 3-30-2006 (S1 US Navy WWII) (son of D. L. Rawls & Ethel Vada Selman)
Rawls, Wanda Yeargan 1-23-1928 d.______ (married July 29, 1945)
(Double Stone) Note: both born in Texas

Rawls, D. L. 6-21-1907 d. 1-26-1994 (son of William Perry "Bud" Rawls & Mary Ann Hutchinson)
Rawls, Ethel Vada Selman 4-6-1907 d. 3-28-1988 (married abt. 1924)
(Double Stone)

Rawls, Josphine 6-25-1929 d. 10-17-12003 (dau. of D. L. Rawls & Ethel Vada Selman)

Hudnall, Clay 1960 - 2007

Row 2

Cook, John O. 3-9-1855 d. 12-1-1919
Cook, Mary L. 12-7-1857 d. 6-25-1914
(Double Stone)

Cook, Infant 7-25-1916 d. 7-25-1916 (son of S. M. & C. A. Cook)
Cook, Samuel M. 12-14-1886 d. 10-30-1916
(Double Stone)

Dorsett, Margaret D. 1-27-1903 d. 9-26-1982
Dorsett, Thomas O. 3-10-1900 d. 5-31-1971
(Double Stone)

Holmes, Lee E. 10-30-1907 d. 2-12-1973
Holmes, Gertie 11-17-1909 d. 9-7-1977
(Double Stone)

Row 3

Cummings, Aaron 10-24-1921 d. 11-1-1976
Clinton, Wilda Ruth 8-1-192? d.______
(Double Stone)

Cummings, Matthew 9-30-1896 d. 8-30-1972
Cummings, Allie M. 6-1-1897 d. 8-3-1975 (married 10-14-1917)
(Double Stone)

Row 4

There are at least 3 unmarked graves with granite stone with no names

Selman, Al 10-1888 d. 11-1896

Selman, Willis G. 12-24-1873 d. 2-22-1938
Selman, Minerva A. 11-26-1873 d. 9-6-1943 (maiden name was Cook)
(Double Stone)(parents of Ethel Vada Selman Rawls & Howard W. Selman)

Selman, Pauline "Aunt Pontie" 7-30-1914 d. 5-2-1988

Selman, McClure 3-15-1900 d. 9-17-1940
Selman, Oma 8-5-1901 d.______ (married 6-15-1918)
(Double Stone)

Selman, Howard W. 1904 - 1968
Selman, Gladys 1910 - 1987 (maiden name Cook)
(Double Stone)

Row 5 Starts midway of the cemetery close to a Crepe Myrtle bush

Ramey, Nellie Charline 2-9-1933 d. 12-18-1935 (dau. of Charles & Nellie Ramey)

Ramey, Charles E. 8-25-1890 d. 4-28-1977 (Mason)
Ramey, Nellie V. 6-9-1894 d. 2-8-1988 (OES)
(Double Stone)

Ramey, Archie M. 3-22-1869 d. 11-27-1948
Ramey, Maggie L. 5-23-1864 d. 7-12-1950
(Double Stone)

Matteson, Myrtle R. 2-3-1894 d. 3-2-1973

Hardy, Beatrice Ramey 7-3-1899 d. 12-24-1981
Hardy, Coleman F. 12-23-1877 d. 7-3-1954
(Double Stone)

Felder, M. E. (Mack) 9-28-1928 d. 10-10-1976
Felder, Maggie E. (Beth) 9-30-1935 d.______ (married 9-3-1955)
(Double Stone)

Row 6 Starts midway of the cemetery close to a Crepe Myrtle bush

Cook, Edith (Low) 1824 - 1957 (1st wife of Shelby H. Cook founder of the cemetery)
Cook, Shelby H. 1820 - 1876 (born in Mississippi) (Double Stone)

Cook, Betty E. 1839 - 1900 (2nd wife of Shelby H. Cook - married 9-19-1859 - maiden name Allen)

** At the Crepe Myrtle Bushes just west of Row 6 there is a Hardy Family Plot. Others are buried in this plot.**