Kern County Obituaries

Barbara Ann Cook

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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SKW; 24 Mar 2001

Funeral services were held March 16 at the Mojave Assembly of God Church for 
Barbara Ann Cook, a former employee of the Mojave Unified School District, who 
passed away March 13 in Lancaster.
A 25-year Mojave resident, Mrs. Cook was born February 20, 1946, in Tulare.
She is survived by her mother, Gene Hawkins, a son, Royal Cook, sisters Betty 
Rivera and Janelle Hawkins, daughter-in-law Becky Cook, and nieces Tracy Giebler 
and Kristi Mudge.
Arrangements were handled by Stickel Mortuary of Mojave.

Mojave Desert News

Longtime Mojave resident Barbara (Hawkins) Cook passed away on the morning of 
March 13, 2001. Funeral arrangements are pending. Contact Stickel Mortuary at 
661-824-2328 for date and time of services.

Barbara A. Cook (Hawkins) a 35 year resident of Mojave, passed away Tuesday, 
March 13 in AV Hospital of Terminal Cancer.
Barbara was born February 20, 1 946 in Tulare, California. She also resided in 
Ashland, Oregon, and Concord, California. Barbara was a retired bookkeeper for 
the Mojave Unified School District.
She leaves to mourn: Her mother. Gene Hawkins of California, one son, Royal Cook 
and his wife Becky, one granddaughter, Aliya Cook, two sisters, Betty Rivers and 
Janelle Hawkins, two nieces, Tracy Giebler and Kristi Mudge, all of Illinois. 
Barbara's dad, Leon Hawkins preceded her in death in 1997.
Services were held Friday, March 1 6 at 1 p.m. at the Mojave Assembly of God. 
Internment was at the East Kern (Mojave) Cemetery, conducted by Pastor Owens, 
Rev. Jack Wright, and Rev. Grant Frye. Please make donations in lieu of flowers 
to Cancer Society, City of Hope. Arrangements by Stickel Mortuary.
Barbara Cook was full of like and laughter right up to the end. She brought joy 
to most folks who met her, and to all of us who knew her. As her granddaughter 
has told us, "Grandma Barbara isn't gone, she's in my head and in my heart." That 
is so, so true.