Nealie McDonald Cook Obituary (1925

Nealie McDonald Cook, 81, of Stamford departed this life on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Norwalk Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was the ninth child born April 15, 1925 in Orangeburg, SC to the late William and Maggie Austin McDonald. She was the wife of the late Samuel E. Cook. She was a member of Andrews Chapel Baptist Church in Orangeburg, and was educated in Orangeburg Public Schools and graduated from Wilkinson High School there. Nealie moved to Stamford to be with her two older sisters and joined Union Baptist Church under the Pastorate of Rev. Hopkins. Nealie graduated from Progressive School of Beauty Culture in Stamford, CT and licensed as a Beautician. After working at various shops, she opened her own, Modern Coiffeurs Beauty Salon in the early 60s. She leaves to cherish her memory two loving and devoted sons, Harold Cook of Stamford, CT; Howard Cook (Virgilla) of Stratford, CT; a very special niece, Louise Mallory Alston of CA; two granddaughters, Trellani and Devekka Cook of Stratford, CT; and two grandsons, Samuel Cook of Stamford, CT, Valante Daye of Greensboro, NC; two great-grandsons, Javari Cook of Stratford, CT, Elijah Davis of Wilmington, DE; one great granddaughter, Sienna Fellarth, Greensboro, NC; one brother, Rubin McDonald of Bronx, NY; two sisters, Janie Lou Gardner of Washington, DC, and Eva-Mae Spigner of Manhattan, NY; several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and a host of cousins, relatives and friends. In addition to her parents and dear husband, four brothers, George, Bryant, Willie and Richard McDonald, three sisters, Margarete Wright, Alice Mallory and Delphine Little all preceded her in death. Funeral Services were Saturday, December 23, 2006, Interment at Woodland Cemetery, 61 Woodland Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut.