Asheville, Carolyn W. Cooke, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2010 at Givens Estates Health Center. A native of Maiden, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Esley and Ruby Heffner Wilkinson. Carolyn served as Director of Christian Education at First United Methodist Church of Henderson, North Carolina. She loved music, taught piano, and sang and directed in many church choirs. Carolyn also had a deep love for Lake Junaluska. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Reverend Reginald J. Cooke and their four children, Connie Smith and husband, Erskine, of Mooresville, North Carolina, David Cooke and wife, Yvette, of Trinity, North Carolina, Karen Chambers and husband, Phillip, of Clyde, and Jennifer Dino and husband, Charlie of Roswell, Georgia; one brother, Phillip Wilkinson and his wife, Dot, of Statesville, North Carolina; as well as 11 grandchildren. A memorial service for Carolyn will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church of Waynesville with Reverend Sanford L. Giles, Jr., Reverend John Barnes, Reverend J. Oscar Dowdle, Jr., and Reverend Joe Fulk officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Christian Growth Center at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Givens Estates UMCR of Asheville, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803 or Four Seasons Hospice of Hendersonville, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731, or First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, P.O. Box 838, Waynesville, NC 28786. The family wishes to express their gratitude to the staff of Givens Estates Health Center and Four Seasons Hospice for their loving care and support.
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