William Owen Cooke

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Thursday, December 2, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro.

He was born in Greensboro on October 8, 1917. He was the son of A. Wayland Cooke and Annie Owen Cooke. He graduated from Davidson College in 1938 and the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1941. After service in the Pacific theater during World War II, he returned to Greensboro where he engaged in the practice of law. In 1948, he formed the firm of Cooke and Cooke with his brother, Arthur O. Cooke. Owen was joined in the firm by his sons, Barden W. Cooke and William O. Cooke, Jr., with whom he practiced until his retirement in 2005.

Owen was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church, where he served as an Elder.

Mr. Cooke is survived by his wife, Eleanor Winstead Cooke, his son and daughter-in-law, Barden W. Cooke and Terri T. Cooke, and his son and daughter-in-law, William Owen Cooke, Jr. and Jane E. Perrin, and four grandchildren, Christina E. Cooke, Laura O. Cooke, Thomas Perrin Cooke, and William W. Cooke. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Arthur Owen Cooke.

The family will receive visitors from 6:00 until 8:00 pm Wednesday evening, December 1, 2010 in The Private Living Room at Well Spring.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Greensboro Urban Ministry.

Hanes-Lineberry N. Elm St. Chapel has the honor of assisting the Cooke family.

Online condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.

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