Andrew J. Cooke

Andrew Joshua Cooke , 64 years of age, departed this life on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at Harbor Grace Hospice in Atlanta, Georgia. Andrew was born on May 18, 1956 in Bristol, England to the late Bishop Aston Lithrow Cooke, Sr., and the late Evangelist, Ena Lovina Cooke. He was the third youngest of ten siblings, two of whom preceded him in death. Andrew was educated in the Bristol, England school system and participated in various extracurricular activities and excelled at most. The family moved to the United States in 1970 and lived in Key West, Florida where his father pastored the Church of God of Prophesy. Andrew gave his life to Christ at an early age. He loved working in the church and using his musical talents and beautiful tenor voice to glorify God and bless others. Andrew was an industrious young man who started working at the age of thirteen. He completed high school in Spotsylvania, Virginia and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Social Work at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. After completing his degree, he worked at several large US companies in Knoxville, Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan, and Atlanta, Georgia in technical sales and marketing. Andrew met his wife, Donna Lynn Scott in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1980. Their union was blessed with three children  Alanna Lorèn Cooke (Los Angeles, California), Alyssa Felice Cooke (Atlanta, Georgia), and Alÿce Moriah Cooke (Atlanta, Georgia).

He is preceded in death by his grandmother, Mabel Pennant, father Bishop Aston Lithrow Cooke, Sr., mother, Ena Lovina Cooke, elder sister Lilian Beverly Mae Cooke Deer, and his eldest brother, Aston Lithrow Cooke, Jr.

He is survived by, and leaves to cherish his loving memory, his children: Alanna, Alyssa, and Alÿce Cooke; his elder brother Norman E. (Sherry J. Lowe) Cooke, Sr. (Atlanta, Georgia); his seven sisters: Esmie Gray (Ontario, Canada), Lois Cooke (Clarion H.) Palmer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Eunice Cooke (Michael) Buckley (St. Petersburg, Florida), Esther Cooke Francis (Palm Bay, Florida), Ruth Cooke Gibbs (Atlanta, Georgia), Naomi (Gairey) Cooke Blake (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends in the Bahamas, Canada, England, Jamaica and the United States.

The visitation and funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at M. D. Dotson & Sons Funeral Home, 165 Lang Street, NE, Cleveland, TN 37312. Visitation will be at 11:00 am followed by the Celebration of Life at 12:00 pm with Pastor Winston R. Reid, Sr., officiating. The interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 7180 North Lee Highway, Cleveland, TN 37312.

M.D. Dotson & Sons Funeral Home will continue to be in compliance with COVID-19, mask are required, and we will monitor for social distancing.