Dawson, Faye

Dendron, Virginia
Carolyn Faye Cooke Dawson, 38, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk after months of declining health. Faye was the daughter of Helen Cooke Eggleston and her husband, Michael, of Wakefield, and the late Thomas M. Cooke, Sr. She was a 1987 graduate of Surry County High School and after living in Newport News and Windsor for a number of years she had returned to her childhood home in Dendron to be near her family and friends after her health prevented her from driving.
Faye is also survived by her beloved children, Sarah Ruth Vassar of Surry and Thomas Joseph Dawson of Carrsville; her sisters, Teresa Cooke Walton and husband, David, of Roanoke, Susan Cooke Bunn and husband, Keith, of Elberon; her brother, Thomas Cooke, Jr. and wife, Mary Lynn, of Dendron; her grandmother, Ruth Virginia Cooke of Dendron; nieces and nephews, Abigail Walton, Tonya Cooke Raj, Amanda Cooke, Ina Bunn, Seth and Ethan Walton, Brian Cooke, Andrew and Travis Bunn; and her closest friends, Shelley Switzer, Bobbie Lyn Bachelor, Tammy Rollings, Cindy Kyttle and a special cousin, Wanda Pittman. Her precious memory will be cherished in the hearts of her family and friends.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, with the Rev. Gary Ross officiating. Interment will follow in Waverly Cemetery, Waverly. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday evening, 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Purviance Funeral Home to assist with the cost of services. Condolences may be posted on our website at www.jtmorriss.com.