This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Harrison, Smith, West, Griffith, Edwards, Birkner, Weir Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3508 Message Board Post: Christine Harrison Cook April 22, 1918 - Nov. 2, 2005 Christine Harrison Cook, 87, of Bay City, died November 2, 2005, at the Matagorda House. She was born April 22, 1918, in Bay City, to the late Francis “Frank” and Margaret Smith Harrison. Mrs. Cook was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a resident of Bay City since 1979 and a former longtime resident of Port Lavaca. She was a retired school teacher for Calhoun County ISD, with 32 years of service, retiring in 1977. She also was a member and past Worthy Matron in the Eastern Star, a former member and past president of Classroom Teachers Association in Port Lavaca, Texas. Survivors include: daughter, Margaret West of Lake Jackson, Texas; two sons and a daughter-in-law, C.L. and Melissa Cook, Jr. of Bay City, and Donald Cook of Port Lavaca; sister, Nellie Griffith of Bay City; brother, Travis Harrison of Bay City; seven grandchildren, Harrison Cook of El Campo, David Cook of Natchitoches, Louisiana, Donnie Cook of Austin, Christy Edwards of Victoria, Christopher Cook of Port Lavaca, Matt West of Bay City, and Mark West of San Antonio, Texas; six great-grandchildren; sisters-in-laws, Carmel Harrison of Bay City, Mabel Harrison of Houston, Melba Birkner of Vanderpool, and Dorothy Cook of Garland; and brother-in-law, Thomas Cook of Dallas. She was preceded in death by: her husband, Cyrus L. Cook, Sr.; sister, Vivian Weir; and brothers, Frank, Jr., Vernon “Red,” and Percy Harrison. Funeral service was at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 5, 2005, at The First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. John-Nelson Pope officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Van Vleck, Texas. Pallbearers will be Harrison, David, Donnie, Christopher and Blake Cook, Matt and Mark West, and Travis Edwards. The family received friends at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Memorials may be made to the Bay City Public Library or the Matagorda County Museum. Arrangements with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City (979)245-4613. Bay City Tribune November 6, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas