Lois Jean Cook

Lois Jean Cook, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019, in Columbus, OH, at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, OH, from a long term illness.

She is survived by five loving children, Sherri Lynn Higgins, of Columbus, OH, Natalie Jean Davis of Nashville, TN, Eugene Floyd Jr., of Tulsa, OK, Dr. Kimberly Waibogha, of Columbia, MD, David Alan Floyd of Columbus, OH, and her brother Douglass Johnson, of Mansfield, OH. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law Tosha Floyd, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, a niece and nephew, and numerous cousins. She is preceded in death by her father Lewis Johnson Jr., her mother Ruby Mae Johnson, her brother Lewis Johnson III, and her husband Elgin Cook.

She is also preceded in death by her former husband Eugene Floyd Sr., and her former husband Freddie Darling. Lois Jean Cook was born on 10/16/1939 in Lumberport, WV, to Lewis and Ruby Mae Johnson.

She graduated from Philippi High School in Philippi, WV in 1956. She established herself as a preschool teacher for North Central Community Action Head Start in West. Virginia. She was elevated to the position of Director, being in charge of three counties of Head Start programs for the same agency. She then earned her Board of Regents degree in 1987 from Fairmont State College in Fairmont, WV. She continued in her quest for education and received a Master Degree in Social Work from West Virginia University in 1989. Her successful career continued in Ohio when she took a position in the Foster Care program for Franklin County Children’s Services. She was elevated to being in charge of the Sexual Abuse Unit of Franklin County, OH, and later worked for the Franklin County Courts and the Franklin County Children’s Services Intake Unit. She additionally received another Master Degree in Counseling, from Capital University in 1997. She is viewed by others as being a successful professional and loving mother and will be dearly missed by many family, colleagues, and friends.

Visitation 9:00AM and Funeral Service 10:00AM Saturday, November 30, 2019 at MARLAN GARY FUNERAL HOME, THE CHAPEL OF PEACE EAST, 5456 E. Livingston Ave.

Interment at Glen Rest Memorial.