Background
Cook, Roy Bird was born on April 1, 1886 in near Weston, West Virginia, United States. Son of David Bird and Dora Elizabeth (Conrad) Cook.
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Roy Bird Cook
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Descendant on paternal side of Peter Thomas Holl (Hull), from Holland to Philadelphia, 1741, later Augusta County, Virginia. Graduated from the high school, Weston, 1904. Doctor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1938.
Career
With Keller-Cook Company, Huntington, West Virginia, 1910-1919. Treasurer Kreig, Wallace & McQuaide, chain stores, Charleston, West Virginia, 1919-1926. President Cook Drug Company Associate editor Weston (West Virginia) Independent, also president Independent Publishing Company, 1933-1941.
Secretary West Virginia State Board of Pharmacy.
Member National Board of Pharmacy, West Virginia Commision on Historic and Scenic Markers, West Virginia Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund. Member West Virginia War History Commission.
President National Association Bds. of Pharmacy, 1938-1939. President West Virginia Newspaper Council, 1939-1940.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Institute History Pharmacy (honorary president), American Pharmaceutical Association (chairman house of deals 1935-1936, president 1942-1943. Member of council), West Virginia Pharmaceutical Association (president 1918-1919), South.R., West Virginia History Society (president 1949-1950). Mason.; Member Charleston Park Commission, Charleston Committee for Celebration 200th Anniversary Birth of George Washington.
Member board Kanawha County Public Library.
Connections
Married Nelle Williams Camden, August 23, 1907 (died December 3, 1940). Married second, Mistress. Children: Betty Keith, Eleanor Bird, Mary Randolph.
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November 23, 1961 (aged 75) -
Resting place
Buried Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, West Virginia -
Nationality
American -
Political Party
Republican