The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, March 16, 1995               TAG: 9503160318
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUBY O. COOKE

Ruby Onetta Cooke, 89, of the 400 block of Sussex Dr., died Mar. 14, 1995, in a Portsmouth Hospital.

She was the widow of William Thomas Cooke and was a member of Westhaven Baptist Church, and a member of the T.E.L. Sunday School Class and the Beasley Senior Citizens. She was a native of Gates County, N.C.

Survivors include her son, William Elliott Cooke of Portsmouth; and one sister, Thelma J. Bailey of Portsmouth.

The graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Olive Branch Cemetery, by the Rev. W. Thomas Wood. The family will be at 4204 Winchester Drive, Portsmouth. Memorial donations may be made to Westhaven Baptist Church. Loving Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB