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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 7, 1993                   TAG: 9303080677
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SPARTA, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

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OBIT COOK, MRS. LYDIA FINNEY

COOK, Mrs. Lydia Finney, 92, of R-4, Sparta, N.C., died Saturday morning, March 6, 1993 at the Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta. She was the widow of Carl Cook. She is survived by one son, Tom Cook of Sparta; two daughters, Mrs. Edna Cummings of Sparta, and Mrs. Ruth Holland of North Wilkesboro, N.C.; one brother, George Finney of Sparta; three sisters, Mrs. Emolene McKnight of Independence, Va., Mrs. Guyda Wagoner of Bel Air, Md., and Mrs. Ada Crouse of Bakersfield, Calif.; thirteen grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at 11 a.m. at the Grandview Memorial Chapel in Sparta with burial in the Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Grandview Memorial Funeral Home in Sparta. The family may be contacted at the home of Edna Cummings, 405 Lucas St., Sparta, N.C.

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