Roper Funeral Home and Crematory 206 Holly St Jasper, GA 30143 (706) 253-7500 (706) 253-0040 www.roperfuneralhome.com William E. "Bill" Cook, age 88, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2026, at Northside Hospital Cherokee. He was born in De Queen, Arkansas, on August 21, 1938. After obtaining degrees from Rice University, Bill moved to Kansas City, where he met and married his wife, Joan, while working for Western Electric Company. Joan and Bill moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1964, where Bill received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. While in Nashville, Bill worked in research in the Nuclear Medicine Department of Vanderbilt University Hospital. Bill and Joan moved with their children, Bob and Kathy, to Houston in 1969, where Bill worked for Texas Instruments in engineering and marketing management. Bill left Texas Instruments in 1980 to obtain an M.Div. degree from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. He was ordained a deacon in 1983 and a priest in 1984. Bill served in Episcopal churches in Crockett and Madisonville until 1986, when he became rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Tyler. After retiring in 2004, he was engaged in various civic activities and served as supply priest at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Lindale. For several years, Bill and his son-in-law, Bob Duda, designed and installed industrial and commercial computer control systems in the Dallas area. Joan and Bill sold their Tyler home in 2011 and moved to Meadow Lake Retirement Center. Bill is survived by his son, Robert Cook, and Lorie Goodman of Bowling Green, Kentucky; his daughter, Kathy, and her husband, Bob Duda, of Jasper, Georgia; grandchildren Austin Cook, Darcey Lara, Lindsey Landy, Katie Carelock and Sean Duda; six great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Sandy Cook. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan Cook, and his brother, John Cook. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2026, at Holy Family Episcopal Church in Jasper, Georgia. Arrangements are entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral Home and Crematory.