[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
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William A. Cook, Jr., 85, of Reidsville, NC died peacefully at Gibson House on Friday, February 7, 2025, following a lengthy illness. Born on October 10, 1939, in Hickory, NC, to William Andrew Cook and Thelma Frye Cook, \u201cBill\u201d was the middle of three children. Bill graduated from Hickory High School, from Western Carolina with a B.S. in Education, and from William & Mary with a M.A. in Education. Bill started his career as an Industrial Arts teacher in Portsmouth, VA, and served in various management positions in the furniture industry, including at Hickory Chair Company and Hickory Business Furniture. Bill was a lucky man in winning the heart of his beloved, Judy Combs, after inviting her to a Shipwreck fraternity dance at Western Carolina. They married in August of 1962 and enjoyed sixty-two years of marriage. Bill was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, a long-time, active member of Viewmont Baptist Church in Hickory, NC and Camp Springs Community Church in Caswell County. He volunteered with the American Red Cross and YMCA of Rockingham Country and with the Prison Ministry at Orange County Correctional Facility in Hillsborough. He enjoyed spending time and traveling with family and friends Bill was the proud father of two children \u2013 William Andrew Cook, III (Traci) of Raleigh, NC and Sarah Cook Foley (Joe) of Falls Church, VA, \u00a0but his true pride and joy were his four grandchildren \u2013 Will and Anna Cook of Raleigh, NC, Grace Foley of Boston, MA, and Cullen Foley of Alexandria, VA. Bill is survived by his siblings, sister Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Parker (John) of Newport News, VA, and brother Robert \u201cBob\u201d Cook (Kathy) of Statesville, NC, as well as nieces Andrea Basham, Jennifer Riney (Will), Sherron Rickabaugh (Greg), and their children. He is preceded in death by his parents, brother-in-law Jerry Prescott, and nephew Eric Prescott.\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[127,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-127","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11379,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11376\/revisions\/11379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}