Gloria Grayson Cooke

Background

Cooke, Gloria Grayson was born on September 6, 1939 in Smithfield, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Dennis Merry Jones and Edna Ward (Gwaltney) Nash.

Education

Student, University Maryland., Tachi Kowa, Japan, 1959-1961.

Career

Junior appraiser, Imperial Antiquities, Ltd., Tokyo, 1958-1961; owner, Millwood Rare Books, Crenshaw, Mississippi, since 1962; owner, Historic Restorations, Crenshaw, Mississippi, since 1982; principal, Gloria Grayson Cooke, Crenshaw, Mississippi, since 1983.

Achievements

• Gloria Grayson Cooke has been listed as a noteworthy Trust fund director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member League of Women Voters, National Trust for History Preservation, Habitat for Humanity, Memphis Heritage, Brooks Museum Art, Dixon Galleries, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, Friends of Mississippi Library., Tate County History Society, American Farm-Land Trust.

Interests

• Avocation: collecting Southern artwork.

Connections

Married Lenard Lee Cooke, June 4, 1957. Children: Kelly, Karla, Lenard, Junior.

Father:

Dennis Merry Jones Nash

Mother:

Edna Ward (Gwaltney) Nash

Spouse:

Lenard Lee Cooke

child:

Karla Cooke

child:

Junior Cooke

child:

Kelly Cooke

child:

Lenard Cooke