Addison Barnwell "Barney" Cooke, Jr.

Abt 1931 - 1987  (~ 56 years)

• Name	Addison Barnwell "Barney" Cooke
  Suffix	Jr.
  Nickname	Barney
  Born	Abt 1931	Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Group	Hall Direct Descendant
  	A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
  Group	Halls of Wallingford - DNA Family 032
  	Descendants of John Hall and Jane Woolen of New Haven and Wallingford.
  Died	13 Jun 1987	Charlottesville, Charlottesville (city) County, Virginia
  Obituary	14 Jun 1987	Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
  	The Times-News
  	Barney Cooke dead at 56 CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Barney Cooke, University of Virginia sports information director from 1968 to 1978, died of an apparent heart attack at his home Saturday, He was 56. A native of Maryland, Cooke attended McDonough School in Lutherville, Md. He graduated from Virginia in 1957 after playing basketball and baseball for the Cavaliers. After a number of years in private business, he joined the staff of The Charlottesville Daily Progress and from there became SID at U. Va. Six of his U. Va. football and basketball brochures won awards in national competition. He served as officer in various sportwriters associations. After leaving the Virginia atheltic department, Cooke was employed in the accounty department at the University of Virginia Hospital. For the past seven years, he served as secretary-treasurer of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association, a part-time position.
  Person ID	I11657	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Addison Barnwell Cooke,   b. Abt 1903, Maryland ,   d. 12 Aug 1958, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Mother	Hortense deBeauharnais Mellier,   b. 14 Jun 1907, Maryland ,   d. 2 Mar 1966, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 58 years)
  Married	Bef 1930
  Divorce Filing	14 Dec 1939	Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
  	From Nevada State Journal, Reno, 14 December 1939: Actions Filed: Addison B. Cooke vs. Hortense M. Cooke
  Divorced	Bef 27 Jan 1940	Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
  Marriage Status	Divorced
  Divorce Announcement	27 Jan 1940	Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
  	Nevada State Journal
  	DECREES GRANTED Addison B. Cooke from Hortense M. Cooke
  Family ID	F5296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1931 - Maryland Died - 13 Jun 1987 - Charlottesville, Charlottesville (city) County, Virginia Obituary - The Times-News - 14 Jun 1987 - Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Halls of Wallingford, Connecticut - DNA Family 032