Rayburn Dow Cook

February 19, 1936 - March 7, 2017

Memorial Mass for Rayburn Dow Cook will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Sacred Heart Church with Father Bala Sagili Jesudas officiating. He was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Rayburn Dow Cook, son of the late Albert F. And Mabel Virginia (Jeffries) Cook, was born February 19, 1936, at Sterling, Oklahoma, and passed away March 7, 2017, at Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 81 years and 16 days. Rayburn attended school in Sterling, Oklahoma. On September 21, 1957, he was united in marriage to Patsy Lynn Wilmoth at Beaver, Oklahoma. He worked as a truck driver in the oil field, later becoming a supervisor. They lived in Hannibal, Missouri, before moving to Alva three years ago. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church. He was an avid golfer. Rayburn is survived by his wife, Patsy Cook, of Alva; three children, Ronnie Deen Cook and wife, Jolando, of Ft. Worth, Texas, Cynthia Lynn Low and husband, Tom, of Bellevue, Nebraska, and William Scott Cook and wife, Janet, of Alva; and one sister, Joan Ring and husband, Hal, of Valencia, California. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Gary Don Low and wife, Tracey, of Wellington, Colorado, Michelle Lynn Germain and husband, Scott, of Papillion, Nebraska, Cassie Leah Cook of Ft. Worth, Texas, Erin Scot Cook of Ft. Worth, Texas; Ashley Nicole Essmyer and husband, Kevin, of O’Fallen, Missouri, and Dustin Ray Cook and wife, Rebecca, of Alva; five great grandchildren, Alexis Lynn Germain, Nina Lynn Low, Danielle Essmyer, Rowen Cook, and Ellie Cook; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Sacred Heart Church.