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CORDELE – Funeral services for George F. Cooke, 81, will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 at Pleasant View Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends before the service starting at 2 p.m.

Mr. Cooke died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. He was born in Tippettville, Ga. to Carlton L. Cooke and Ellen Tippett Cooke. He is preceded in death by his son, Stacy Cooke, and his twin brother, Reuben Cooke.

He was a retired supervisor for AT&T. He was a member of the Pleasant View Baptist Church. He actively served his Lord as a Deacon and teacher of the Men’s Sunday School Class for several years. He was also a member of the Cordele Cruisers Car Club.

She is survived by his wife: Janice Thompson Cooke of Cordele; his daughter-in-law: Vlada Cooke of Loganville, Ga.; his granddaughter: Stacy Cooke of Loganville; and other family members: Mila Kim, Ilya Kim, Freddy and Sara Nell Thompson, John and Shelby Bloodworth, Thelbert Rhodes, Martha Thompson, Zell Cooke and several nieces and nephews.

This service is entrusted to Hughes & Wright Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.hughesandwright.com.