James Oscar "Jimmy" Cooke, 83, of the Centertown community, died Monday, Sept. 15, at Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee. He was born Dec. 22, 1930, in Bedford County and worked as a farm hand and was of the Church of Christ faith. He was the son of the late James (Jim) Robert and Dixie Juanita Hollandsworth Cooke.He is survived by his sister, Linda Darlene Roberts and brother and sister-in-law, Billy and Anna Cooke, all of McMinnville; nephews, Shawn Roberts, Terry Cooke and Darris Cooke, nieces, Kelly Roberts Baker, Tammy Roberts Frazier, Linda Griffin and Dawn Cooke; several great-nieces and several great-nephews, aunt and uncle, Estella and Frank Pincomb of New Baltimore, Mich., and aunt, Helen Hollandsworth of the Green Hill community.
James Oscar "Jimmy" Cooke, 83