Patrick Delaney Cook, III

Services for Patrick Delaney Cook, III will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, TX. Officiating will be Rev. Greg Gunter and Rev. Johnny Emerson.  East Texas Patriot Guard Riders will stand line. Thefamily requests in lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Building Fund at Church on the Rock, P. 0. Box 1, Sacul, Texas 75788.

Patrick Delaney Cook, III, was born on January 16, 1943 in Anderson County, Texas to parents Patrick Delaney Cook, Jr. and Hexie Berniece Little Cook. He married Barbara Lynne Minchew on December 24, 1965 in Jacksonville, Texas.

Pat was a child of God and was a deacon at Church on the Rock, Rusk, Texas. He loved to sing the old hymns and hisfavorite was The Old Rugged Cross. He was a Viet Nam Veteran serving in the U. S. Army. Pat was a Boy Scoutleader while his son was earning his Eagle Scout. Pat liked helping people. He loved riding his motorcycle with the EastTexas Patriot Guard Riders escorting fallen soldiers and standing line for fallen soldier’s services. He always felt theGuard Riders were the last line of dignity and respect for the fallen soldiers.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Barbara; son Josh and Josh's wife Kayla. Pat is also survived by sisters: Mary Thomason, Carey Shavers and husband, Mark, Evonne Boggs and husband, Paul, and Sue Markham; and brothers: Ted Snider, Ronnie Cook and Tommy Cook and wife Connie; special nephew Gary Trible, wife Sharon and children Shian and Schaene Trible; and many nieces. nephews and cousins. Pat was preceded in death by his daughter, Connie June Cook,his parents, two brothers Robert Cook and Barry Snider.