Myrtie Ann Ginn Cooke

Mrs. Myrtie Ann Ginn Cooke, 72, of Sunbridge Nursing Home of Mt. Olive, formerly of 423 Frank Street, Goldsboro, died Thursday at Wayne Memorial Hospital after a long illness with diabetes.

A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Annie Newsome Ginn. Mrs. Cooke was a homemaker and was a member of Free Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. In her earlier years she helped her husband in farming and worked in the public school system until her health required her to retire. Mrs. Cooke enjoyed cooking country food and having her family and friends over. Her specialty was chocolate pies. She also had a special enjoyment of yard sales and her doll and tea pot collection.

Funeral services will be Friday at 7:00 PM at Free Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist with Rev. Mike Williams, Rev. Willard Hardison, and Rev. Tim Hopkins officiating. Interment will be 11 A. M. Saturday in Pikeville Cemetery.

Mrs. Cooke is survived by her husband of 56 years, Otha Donald Cooke; her daughters, Margie Games and husband, Shelton, and Jeanette Howell and husband, Jimmy all of Goldsboro and Lynn Lancaster and husband Robin of Pikeville: a sister, Louise Parks of Goldsboro; grandchildren, Renee Daw Smith of Savannah, Georgia, Bobby Daw of Goldsboro, Derick Games of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, Michelle Edelen of Pikeville, and Chrisanna Mooring of Goldsboro; six great grandchildren, Marlie, Macy, Shelby, Matthew, Austin, and Megan.

She was preceded in death by her sisters, Laura Ellen Head and Eva Smith and brothers, William Ginn and Lee Ginn.

Although flowers are welcome, memorials may be made to Free Chapel PFWB Church, 187 Vance Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27534.

The family will receive friends following the funeral service and at other times at the home of Jeanette and Jimmy Howell, 123 Zeke’s Lane off of Stoney Creek Church Rd., Goldsboro, NC 27534.

Arrangements by Seymour Funeral Home and Cremation Service.