Dora Cook

Dora Ann Cook, age 85 of Clarkson, passed away Tuesday, March 9th 2021 at her residence. She was born September 3rd 1935 in Shrewsbury, Kentucky the daughter of Elba & Noma Wilson Cook. She was a mother who worked non-stop, loved to sew, gardening, singing, playing the drums, and listening to country music. She is survived by her children, Zachary Burden (Angel), Cathy Helson, Erma Lindsey (Frankie), Ike Burden, Rose Cottrell, & Shawn Hilligoss (Jimmy); fourteen grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; two brothers, Robert & Irvin Cook; two sisters, Jerline Wilson & Sylvia Brooks and the love of her life, David Nelson. Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Tom Burden; three sisters, Lillie Cottrell, Flossie Clark Pedigo, & Rochellie Logsdon; and her first husband, Henry Clay Burden. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 13th 2021 at the Watson & Hunt Funeral Home in Leitchfield. She will be laid to rest in the Tom Cook Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Family and friends who wish to honor and remember Ms. Cook at the visitation or the funeral are required to wear a mask while inside the funeral home for the safety of all those in attendance. If you are unable to attend the services and would like to leave a message of condolence to the family, you may do so in her virtual guestbook below.