Bessie Irene Cooke Meade Warlick
LAKE BLUFF, Ill. - Mrs. Bessie Irene Cooke Meade Warlick, 87, of 700 Jenkisson
Ave., died
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at Pebble Brook Nursing Center.
A native of Cleveland County, she was born April 9, 1915, a daughter of the late
Aaron Lee
and Hattie Wray Cooke. She was retired from public work and was a member of St.
Paul Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ley
Roy Meade;
her second husband, Roy Warlick; three sons, Ray Meade, Ralph Meade and Carrolle
Meade; four brothers; and one sister.
She is survived by two sons, William Steve Meade of Houston and Jack Meade of
Lake Bluff,
Ill.; a daughter, Ruth Chisholm of Waukegan, Ill; two brothers, Aaron Cook of
Hickory and
Claude Cook of Casar; 10 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church with Dr.
Ernest W.
Speagle officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the
service.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the church.
Stamey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
