Star-Telegram
January 15, 2003

Lou Belle Cook "Short" Souther
1918 - 2003
 

Lou Belle "Short" Cook Souther went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, Jan uary 12, 2003.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Waldo Funeral Home, 619 N. Travis St., Sherman. Rev. Sam Moore of Bible Baptist Church in Denison will officiate. Burial: Memorial Park, West Hill Cemetery in Sherman.
Memorials: If desired, memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society.
 

God looked at His garden. He saw an empty space,
He then looked down from Heaven, and saw your tired face. 
He put His arms around you and took you in His care, 
To make up for all your hard work, He wanted you up there.
It broke our hearts to see you go, but you did not go alone,
Deep in our hearts your memory is kept,
To love and cherish and never forget.

Lou Belle was born November 10, 1918, near Ida in Grayson County. She was one of five daughters born to Mable and George Burk. She graduated from Tom Bean High School in 1936 and married Gordon F. Cook in 1941. Following his death in August of 1953, she dedicated her life to raising her four children, Carol, Beverly, Helen and Gordon Jr. "Short" worked 10 years at S&H Kress in Sherman and later trained at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman to be a licensed vocational nurse.

She moved to Ft. Worth and was a nurse at Ft. Worth Osteopathic Hospital for 15 years before retiring in 1985. Upon retiring, she returned to Sherman. She spent a great deal of her life giving care to family and friends, as well as those she cared for as a nurse.
 
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mable and George Burk; her husbands, Gordon E. Cook and James H. Souther; 3 sisters, Beatrice Holcomb, LaVerne Souther and Faye Burchfield; and one granddaughter, Karen Hill of Sherman.

Survivors: Sister, Marie Farrell of Fort Worth; children and their spouses, Carol and Rex Thomas of Sherman and formerly of Bakersfield,California ; Beverly and Bill Cowan of Sherman, Helen and Dean Hall of Tom Bean and Gordon and LaNette Cook of Ft. Worth; grandchildren, Debbie Settle, Jason Welch, Darin Welch, Christopher Cook and Chance Cook; and five great- grandchildren.