Doris Wrenn Cook

Doris Wrenn Cook, 101, of 7977 NC Highway 119 North, Leasburg, N.C. went to be with the Lord on March 5, 2018 after two years of declining health. Mrs. Cook was born in the Leasburg Community of Caswell County, N.C. on June 1, 1916. She was the daughter of the late George Marvin Wrenn and Florence Briggs Wrenn. Mrs. Cook had lived in the Leasburg community her entire life. On March 12, 1942 she married the late Woodrow Malloy Cook who died on April 4, 1993. She and her late husband owned and operated the former Cook’s Grocery. She attended Leasburg United Methodist Church where she was a former Choir member, Children’s Sunday School Teacher and a Life Member of the Leasburg United Methodist Women Organization. She and Woodrow were very active in the church and other community activities. She worked tirelessly in support of the Leasburg Fire Department, the Leasburg Ruritan Club and the Pleasant Grove Homemaker’s Club. Mrs. Cook is survived by her daughter, Brenda Bender, of Leasburg, NC, one grandson, Chris Bender and wife Danelle and one great grandchild, Cole Bender. She was predeceased by her husband, her son-in-Law, Ralph Bender and a brother Robert Wrenn. Funeral services for Mrs. Cook will be conducted on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. from the Leasburg United Methodist Church, 7550 US HWY 158 E. Leasburg NC, 27291 by the Reverend Ray Pearce and Dr. Reverend Reginald Ponder. Interment will follow in the Leasburg Community Cemetery in Leasburg NC. The family suggest that in lieu of flowers that memorial donations be made to the Leasburg Community Cemetery, c/o Hilda Holt at 8978 Leasburg Road, N.C. 27291. The family will receive friends on Thursday at the Church Fellowship Hall from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. and at other times they will be at the residence of her daughter, Brenda Bender, 7843 NC HWY 119 North Leasburg, NC 27291. The family would like to give a special thank you to her faithful sister in-law’s, many friends, neighbors and especially her caregivers who were so supportive during Mrs. Cook’s decline in health. Wrenn-Yeatts Yanceyville Chapel is respectively serving the Cook family.

Doris Wrenn Cook

June 1, 1916 - March 5, 2018