Edith H. Cook

Edith spent her childhood in Atlanta and Tampa, FL. She graduated from Old Fulton High School in Atlanta and from George State College for Women in Milledgeville, GA. After teaching several years in the Atlanta school system, Edith joined the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in 1942. She attended officer training school in Des Moines, IA and later was assigned to Camp Crowder, MO where she was a Commander of a WAC detachment until her discharge as a Captain in 1944. During her WAC years, she learned how to fly a plane.

In 1947 she married Earl Pope Cook of Troup County, GA. They lived in various Georgia cities as well as a three year stint in Chatham, NJ. Edith was a Girl Scout Leader, president of the PTA and active in the Methodist Church all her life. She volunteered at the Georgia Archives and was a member of several historical societies in Atlanta, St. Simons, Savannah and Tybee Island.

Edith is survived by her husband, Earl Cook; two daughters, Edith “Cookie” Davis of Jupiter, FL and Marilyn Schwenk of Upper Black Eddy, PA; son-in-law’s, Bill Davis and Reinhold Schwenk; four grandchildren, Bradley (Courtney) Davis of Jupiter, FL, Laura Leighton of Boca Raton, FL, Katherine Schwenk of New York City and Max (Rebecca) Schwenk of San Francisco, CA; two great grandchildren, Jack and Lucy Davis of Jupiter, FL; and a sister-in-law, Katherine Cook of LaGrange, GA.

A private service will be held by the family. In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to The Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., NW, Atlanta, GA or to Coastal Georgia Historical Society, 610 Beachview Dr., Saint Simons Island, GA 31522.