Dewell A. Cook

August 17, 1944 - January 12, 2022

Dewell A. Cook, 77, of Albemarle passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022 in Atrium Health Stanly. His funeral will be 2 PM on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Stony Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Kay Frye, Rev. Leslee Wray and Rev. Kevin McCormac officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle on Friday evening from 6 until 8 PM. Born August 17, 1944 in Stanly County, NC he was the son of the late Robert Vance Cook Sr. and Zula Burleson Cook. He was a member of Stony Hill United Methodist Church and was a carpenter and former employee of the NC Prison System. He loved to hunt and cook for friends and family and the needy every Christmas and Thanksgiving. He loved working in his garden and with firewood. He dearly loved his family and enjoyed his Sunday dinners with them all. He is survived by Rhonda Smith (Ronnie) of New London and Wyannette Caudle (Greg) of Albemarle, a nephew who was more like a son James "Buck" Cook of Salisbury, the lady that he loved, Shirley Medlin, special friends, Rick Culp, Alex Hopkins, N.P. and Burrell Maner, brothers Darrell Cook of Seagrove and Mitchell Cook of Albemarle, four grandchildren Brandy Eppenauer, Cody Caudle, Hannah Caudle, and Kirstie Earl, and five great-grandchildren J. P. Porter, Brianna Watson, Josiah and Ryan Watson, and Alynn Caudle. He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers. The family requests that memorials be made to Stony Hill United Methodist Church or to Hospice of Stanly County at www.hospiceofstanly.org.