Alice Marie Cook & Betty Ann Cook

Alice Marie Cook &
Betty Ann Cook
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Double Burial Set for Fire Victims

Double funeral services will be conducted at Frankford Cemetery, near Addison, about ten mils north of Dallas, Sunday at 3 p.m. for Alice Marie Cook, 4, and Betty Ann Cook, 7, victims of a fire that destroyed their home at Lovers Lane and Greenville early Friday morning.
Alice Marie died in the fire, and Betty Ann succumbed to burns at Sparks Clinic Saturday.
They are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Verly D. Cook, The father was seriously burned when he carried Betty Ann, crippled by infantile paralysis, from the burning house. Mrs. Cook took a 9-month-old son, Robert D. Cook, to safety. The mother is suffering from shock and burns. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the McCommas Funeral Home.

The Dallas Morning News - 1942
Submitted by Betty Lou (Stanley) Dennis

ALICE AND BETTY
DIED 1942

Frankford Cemetery, Frankford, Collin Co., Texas

Notes:

Alice and Betty are the children of Verley Doyle (1911-1975) [Death Cert] & Cook & Hazel Marie (Geren) Cook (1914-1989) who are also buried at the Frankford Cemetery
Alice was born Oct 17, 1937 and died Dec 11, 1942
Betty was born Nov 25, 1935 and died Dec 12, 1942
Death Certificate for Alice Marie Cook - Death Certificate [onfile]
Death Certificate for Betty Ann Cook - Death Certificate [onfile]