Lester L. Cook

Obituary For Lester L. Cook

Graveside Service for Mr. Lester L. Cook will be held Friday, February 12, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at Forest Lawn Memory Garden. Public viewing will be held Thursday, February 11, 2021 from 6:00-7:00 P.M. Mr. Cook, 57 of Meridian passed way Saturday, January 30, 2021. Due to COVID-19, everyone attending is required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing. Gatherings are limited (No Exceptions).

Obituary

Lester Leon Cook was born on March 14, 1963 to the late Mr. Woodrow Cook Sr. and Mrs. Eloise Maye Cook in Meridian, MS. Lester was the last of four children: Woodrow Cook Jr., Cynthia Cook, and Diane Cook, baby sister. Lester was preceded in death by baby Diane Cook, his older brother, Woodrow Cook Jr., and grandparents Allen and Luella Matthews Maye and Humphrey and Lelia “Lila” Cook.

Lester, at a young age, was baptized into the Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church of Meridian, MS, by Pastor Benjamin Brown. Lester's mother was a Bible Worker and a Literature Evangelist. She took him to church, campmeetings, and literature evangelist meetings, which he enjoyed. He would often tell people he talked to about the Bible and about the love of Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Spirit, lessons that stuck with him for life. Growing up, Lester loved Sabbath School, AYS, singing with the Golden Gates gospel choir, vacation bible school and playing on the Ephesus Church (Eagles) basketball team.

Lester graduated from Meridian High School in 1981 and majored in Business at Meridian Junior College. He worked for several years as the assistant women's basketball coach at Meridian Junior College. He also worked for 25 years at Avery Dennison as a lift machinist and later at Meridian Water Treatment Plant. When his niece, Tiffiney, was six years old, Lester told her about his work at the water treatment plant. After that, each time she would flush the toilet, Tiffiney would say, "Uncle Lester, here it comes!"

After his older brother's death in July 2020, Lester seemed more urgent in his need to share with his friends and cousins about Noah's ark and other Bible stories. He began calling his cousins and aunts, his sister-in-law, and other church members to ask questions about the Bible to make sure he was on the right track. He wanted to be sure that every statement and story he shared from the Bible was true. He began to call his childhood friends from church and talk to them about the Bible. Lester often talked to his sister about heaven and what things he would be doing there. Lester felt a determination to renew his connection to the Lord. During the final three weeks of his life, through much pain and discomfort, Lester continued to share with family and friends about how he was trying to get his life together and how they should, too. On January 30, Lester’s aunt, Nancy Stewart, encouraged him to join in the virtual communion service. When she brought the sacrament to him, she explained that taking the emblems of Christ blood and body was like a ‘miniature baptism’. Lester chose to participate in the service, rededicating his life to the Lord. Within 30-45 minutes of the service’s conclusion, he passed away.

The Bible says, “blessed are those that die in the Lord.” Revelation 14:13 Lester believed and shared that the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation and that each person should first pray, then read it for themselves, asking God to give understanding. We will all have to stand before God, so work to be ready.

We will cherish the life and laughter of Lester, together with his sister, Cynthia Cook, and niece, Tiffiney Cook, of Meridian, MS; his brother, Bobby (Mattie) Feagin of Birmingham, AL; his sister-in-law, Mattie Cook of Birmingham, AL; his nieces, Danica (Herman) Davis of Huntsville, AL and Dayna (Travis) Heard of Birmingham, AL; his grandnieces, Janelle Davis and Gabrielle Heard, and grandnephews, Jeremiah and James Davis and Travis Andrew Heard; a special friend, Ms. Drucilla Bonner of Meridian, MS, and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

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