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Ruby Gean Cook

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Ruby Gean Cook, age 79, of Farmington, Ark., died on October 13, 2022, in Fayetteville, Ark. She was born on May 16, 1943, in Fayetteville, to Eddie Washington Jordan and Ellen Ophelia Perkins Jordan. Ruby married Jimmie "Sonny" Cook on November 9, 1969. She worked as a food service manager at Leverett Elementary School in Fayetteville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sonny Cook; and parents, Eddie and Ellen Jordan. She is survived by daughter, Sheila Renee Hernandez of Farmington, Ark.; son, Steven Ray Cook of Siloam Springs, Ark.; four grandchildren, Payton, Michelle, Matthew, and Dallas; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Leroy Jordan of Farmington, and Darrell Jordan of Hindsville, Ark.; and sisters, Roberta Jones of Farmington, and Mary Ann Byrns of Dallas, Texas. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022, at Nelson-Berna Funeral Home in Fayetteville, Ark. There will be a private burial at Mount Comfort Cemetery in Fayetteville. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.bernafuneralhomes.com.

Published October 15, 2022

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