A memorial service for Mr. John David “JD” Cook, 73, of Nacogdoches, Texas will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 11:00 am at Perritte Memorial Methodist Church with Pastor Josh Hale officiating.
John J. D. David Cook
Mr. Cook was born on December 14, 1937, in Nacogdoches, Texas to the late Odis Vernon and Ayleti Muckleroy Cook. He passed away on July 23, 2011, in Nacogdoches.
JD was born at home on Shawnee Road in Nacogdoches. He attended Central Elementary, Thomas J. Rusk Junior High School and graduated from Nacogdoches High School where he was a proud member of the NHS Class of 1956. John worked as a construction project manager, farmer, and longhaul truck driver just to name a few. He was the first project manager constructing the first Salt Salinization Plant in Abudabi, Saudi Arabia. He and other contractors built this city from the ground up. During his construction career he built high rise buildings all over the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He lived and worked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for seven years. After returning to the US he lived in Los Angeles, California to work for HE Beck Construction. He worked on such projects as The Pacific Design Center (known as The Blue Whale) and other high rise buildings in various cities all across the United States.
After retiring from construction in 1991, JD moved back to Nacogdoches and decided to become a farmer. He purchased and farmed on his grandfather Hollis Muckleroy’s property on the Woden Road until 2004. It was then that he decided to become an owner/operator of Bumpkin Truckin’ as a truck driver with his wife Peggy Jane Barfield Cook, mainly hauling for Cargill Meat Logistics Solutions. JD and his wife, PeggyJane, saw the United States from one end to the other and top to bottom while working as truck drivers. God Bless The USA.
JD is survived by his wife of almost 7 years, PeggyJane Barfield Cook of Nacogdoches; a daughter, Rebecca Lynn Cook Thomas and husband, Paul of Nacogdoches; a son, John David Cook, II, of Dallas; step-daughter, Rhonda Annette Radley of Pasadena; step-son, Ros Spencer Radley and wife, Courtney of Houston; one sister, Ruth Haynes of Ratcliff; six grandchildren, Jeremy Thomas of Oklahoma, Brian Cole Thomas of Nacogdoches, Eric Anthony Sitton and April Nicole Sitton of Pasadena, Corinn Elena Radley and Vanessa Jordan Radley of Houston in addition to many cousins, nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Wanda Mae Cook.
Visitation is scheduled for Friday, July 29, 2011, from 5-7 pm at Laird Funeral Home.
