She was a member of Raleigh Avenue Baptist Church and taught math at Minor High School for several years. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert Cooke Jr. and her son Herbert Cooke III. She is survived by her son Mike (Sharon) Cooke; three grandchildren, Catherine Cooke, Matt Cooke and Heather (David) Mills; two great grandchildren, Ellison and Emma Mills; and several nieces, nephews and friends. She was buried at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South.