Obituary of Elizabeth Bayne Cooke

Mrs. Elizabeth Bayne Cooke, age 83, of Cloudland, Georgia, formerly of Ozark, Alabama, died Saturday, July 4, 2015, in Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, Georgia. Funeral services will be 12:00 Noon Saturday, July 11, 2015, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark, Alabama with her nephew, Reverend Robert Bayne, Jr., officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Saturday from 10:00 A. M. until service time. Mrs. Cooke was born November 16, 1931 in Ozark, Alabama to the late DeWitt Talmadge “D.T.” Bayne and Edna Wicks Balkcom Bayne. She lived in Maryland for twenty-two years, then moved to Atlanta, and made her final home in Cloudland, Georgia. She was a member of the Lutheran Faith, a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Christine, Lucille, and Louise; and one brother, Robert. She is survived by her best friend, Oneida Brown and her family; sisters, Ann Chase and Marge Schmitz; children, Rod Cooke (Pat), Debbie Cooke (Richard), Michael Cooke, and Tim Cooke (Nancy); grandchildren, Melissa Goldston (Steven), Kara Cooke, Timothy Cooke Jr. (Kim), Joseph Cooke (Sharon), Christie Cooke, Katie Cooke (Steven). Seven great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Floyd Heyman Hospice, P.O. Box 163, Rome, GA 30162. Service Information