Jesse Ray Crook

Jesse Ray Crook, 77, of Mineral Wells, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at his residence. Service is 2 p.m. Sunday at Southside Church of Christ with Minister William Eudy and Minister Scott Sheppard officiating. Interment will be at the Sturdivant Cemetery with Noel Carter, J.C. Clark, J.R. Patterson, Glen Quinn, Dheryl Sherrill and Robert Wheeler serving as pallbearers. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Mineral Wells. Ray was born July 13, 1930, in Chattanooga, Oklahoma, the son of Clinton Ward and Clara Jane Armstrong Crook. He was a minister with the Church of Christ, serving since 1954 at churches in Iredell, Shamrock, McGregor, Graham and Madras, Oregon. He was the minister of Southside Church of Christ from July 1970 until 1995, when he retired the first time. Afterwards he ministered in the Churches of Christ in Graford then Santo until 2007. Survivors include his wife, Reta Crook, of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen Crook of Mineral Wells, Jay and Rebecca Crook of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Russell and Jill Crook of Cleburne, Texas; grandchildren, Ryan Roden and his wife, Alyssa, of Lewisville, Texas, Lyndi Roden of Abilene, Texas, and Sierra, Cheyenne and Gray Crook, all of Corpus Christi; sister, Lorene Parton of Oklahoma City; brother, Lavon Crook and wife, Lorena, of Lawton, Oklahoma; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Hoyt. The family suggests memorials be made to the Foster Children's Home in Stephenville or the Southside Church of Christ Building Fund.

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