Funeral Services for Elizabeth Lindsey Cook, age 61, of Leland will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 10 at First Baptist Church, Leland. She died Sunday, August 7th, at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis, TN. Burial will follow in the Leland-Stoneville Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Leland. Elizabeth was born in Charleston, MS in 1949, and soon moved to Leland where she was a lifelong resident. She graduated from Leland High School in 1967, where she played clarinet in the high school band. Elizabeth worked as a secretary at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville for 35 years and as an administrative assistant a the Delta Health Alliance in Stoneville since 2006. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Leland where she was a proud supporter of Operation Christmas Child. She was preceded in death by her father Morris Lindsey and her mother, Denise Lindsey. Survivors include 2 daughters, Holly Elizabeth Cook Sloan (Bo) of McGrath, AK and Bonnie Cook Wells (Robert) of Gainesville, FL; a son, Charles Oliver Cook, Jr. (Cynthia) of New Orleans, LA; a sister, Elaine Lindsey Cox (Jerry) of Senatobia, MS; a brother, Morris Earl Lindsey (Jo) of Saltillo, MS; and 3 grandchildren, Charles Oliver Cook III, Jane Baldwin Cook, and Aiden York Wells. A visitation will be held one hour before the services at First Baptist Church on Wednesday, August 10. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to First Baptist Church, Operation Christmas Child, at P. O. Box 286, 103 South Broad Street, Leland, MS 38756.
