Dr. David V. Cook 2000 Halifax Chronicle Herald Published: Friday, January 21, 2000. >From the collection of Gwen Christie Dr. David V. Cook, Kentville, died January 19, 2000. Born in Amherst, he was a son of Gladys (Trenholme) and the late Vaughn Cook. He was a graduate of Gordon Divinity College in Boston, Mass. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and a Master of Religious Education in 1969. Recently his educational endeavors led him to a Doctor of Ministry degree from Acadia Divinity College in 1997. From as early as 1959 he had been involved in pastoral ministry beginning with summer and student pastorates throughout the Maritime Provinces and state of Vermont. It was during his pastorship in Pleasantville that he married Donna Crouse in October of 1965. His first full time pastorate took him to Highfield Street, U.B.C. in Moncton, N.B. , as the minister of Christian Education. Subsequent sites of ministry include the Baptist Churches of Brentwood, N.B., Barrington, and Salisbury, N.B. In 1985 he assumed the position of Area Minister for UBCAP. He and his family moved to Fredericton as he served as monitor and pastor to more than 100 ministries in Western New Brunswick. His most recent term of service had been as director of Home Missions and Church Planting for UBCAP to which he dedicated tireless hours. Surviving are wife, Donna S. Crouse, Rothesay, N.B.; daughter, Valerie Marshall, Fredericton; sons, Rev. Gordon Cook, Kingston Peninsula; Colin, Bristol, N.B.; one granddaughter. Visitation 2-4, 7-9 p.m. today, in Kennebecasis United Baptist Church. The body will be transferred to Main Street Baptist Church, Saint John, for visitation 12 p.m. until time of service, 2 p.m. Saturday. Reception to follow in the church hall. Burial Monday in Fairhaven Memorial Gardens, Moncton. Arrangements under the direction of Castle "Kings Chapel" Funeral Home, Rothesay, N.B.