TIFTON- Sybil "Billie" Bergeron Cook, 88, of Tifton, entered into rest on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Tifton. Dr. Bill Christman will officiate with burial to follow at Oakridge Cemetry.

Pallbearers will include Van Frazier, Kenneth Smith, Steve Jones, James Benson, Stewart Paramore and Fred Mistretta.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.

Mrs. Cook was born on April 16, 1920 in Washington, D.C., to Leon and Sybil Kilpatrick Bergeron, both deceased. She moved to Tifton at an early age and graduated from Mystic High School. She attended Georgia Women's College, where she earned her R.N., and she received her public health training at Peabody College. She was a Tift County Public Health nurse for 33 years.

After retirement, Mrs. Cook continued her service to others as a volunteer for several charitable organizations. She was also very active with her beloved First Presbyterian Church of Tifton, where she served as an elder.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Melvin Cook; a sister, Tinkie Middleton; and two brothers, Bob and Lonnie Bergeron.

She is survived by her two children and their spouses, John and Laverne Cook of Irwinville and Holle and Johnny Abee of Tifton; one sister, Marie Paramore of Winterville, N.C.; and one brother, Jack Benson of Irwinville. Survivors also include three granddaughters and their husbands, Mandy and D.J. Schneider, Shannon and Jade Rutland and Melissa and Cory Crow, all of the Tifton area. In addition, Mrs. Cook was "Grammy" to six great-grandchildren, Jacob and Caleb Schneider, Lexi and Audrie Rutland, and Jonathan and Tristan Crow.

Donations to Brother Charlie's Rescue Center and the Tiftarea Animal Shelter, as well as flowers, are welcomed.

You may sign the guest registry at www.bowen-donaldson.com. Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.