Patsy Diane Auten Cooke

LINCOLNTON - Patsy Dianne Auten Cooke, 64, died March 22, 2010, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.

A service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Bumgardner Chapel, McLean Funeral Directors. The Revs. J. V. Allen and Johnny Houser will officiate.
Interment will be private.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Wednesday at McLean Funeral Directors of Belmont.

Mrs. Cooke was born Sept. 3, 1945, in Gaston County, daughter of the late Willard Pressley Auten and Lois Wilma DeHart Auten.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sister, Kathy Ferguson.

Mrs. Cooke is survived by her husband of 34 years Robert Cooke, daughter, Susie Abernathy and husband Richard of Mt. Holly, NC, daughter, Janet Cooke of Lincolnton, NC, daughter, Sandra Miller and husband Tommy of Stanley, NC, son, Alan Cooke of Iron Station, NC, son, Randall Cooke wife Sharon of Denver, NC, son, Timothy Whisnant and wife Karrie of Bessemer City, NC, 12 Grandchildren, 4 Great Grandchildren.