Leola Cooks Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Leola Cooks (Union Springs, Alabama), who passed away at the age of 61, on February 21, 2022. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Leola Cooks or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her godmother Rochelle Finney; her parents, Tom, Sr. Cooks and Mable Weems Cooks; her siblings, Walter, Hudson Lee, Christine, Tom, Jr., Martha, Ada Louise, Curtis, Charles, Emmitte, Queen Victoria, Paris, Tommie Mae, Alfred, Martin Luther, Vera Davis of Union Springs, Alabama, Georgia of Union Springs, Alabama, Mable McKinnon of Union Springs, Alabama, Shepherd Cooks of Union Springs, Alabama, Annie Youngblood (Webster) of Union Springs, Alabama, Ruby Stephens (Kelvin) of Union Springs, Alabama and Patricia Crawford of Union Springs, Alabama; her sisters-in-law, Alberta Cooks, Lucy Cooks, Ruth Cooks and Martha Cooks; her godchildren, Markeon (Shannon), Shawtagous, Taureaun Crawford (Tachara), Shameka Maddox and Rhonda Anthony; her adoptive mother Ella Mae Johnson; her niece Dorothy Nobles; her nephew Sammy Cooks; her sister Irene Ross; her friends, Mary Turpin, Sandra Thomas, Donna Smith, Annie Gochett, Barbara Lewis, BJ Benton, Rev. Hawthorne, Neara Reed, Lisa Scott, Kathy Scott-Williams and Lucretia Baldwin-Jernigan; and her cousins, Jerome Townsend, Frazier Townsend, Charlene Baskin-Mitchell, Shirley Ivy, James Cooks and Charles Weaver. She was also cherished by nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.

In accordance with recommended COVID-19 Protocols, all attendees are requested to utilize appropriate facial coverings, maintain social distancing, and minimize physical contact.