Phyllis Cook Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Phyllis Cook of Waco, Texas, who passed away at the age of 77, on September 2, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Phyllis farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Phyllis is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Detroy Webster Ryter and Geneva Justine Johnson; her husbands, Jerry Lanford and Michael Cook; her brother Larry E. Ryter; and her nephew Lawrence E. Ryter.
She is survived by: her former husband Donald G. Smith; her children, Melissa Young of Rockport and Shelly Barnes of Waco; and her brother Barry M. Ryter (Stephen G. Ryter) of Rochester. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
