Bradford Gable Cook

Houston resident Bradford Gable Cook Sr., 67, died Nov. 28, 2012, at his home due to complications of lung cancer.

Bradford was born April 28, 1945, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Robert W. and Mary Louise (Timmons) Cook. He graduated from Frankfort Senior High School in Frankfort, Ind. He served honorably for eight years in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Cargo Specialist and one year in the U.S. Army as a recruiter. Bradford was employed with Northern Air Cargo, Revolution Air Ways and Zachary Confections. Over the years, he lived in Anchorage, Meadow Lakes and finally Houston. He enjoyed flying airplanes, fishing, rock polishing and sitting on his home’s back deck.

His family remembers him by some of his favorite quotes: “Gears up, flaps up,” “he was taller than most” and “what the hell? Over!”

His daughter-in-law Sarah said, “Dad will be in our hearts forever.”

Surviving are his life mate, Diane E. Ross of Houston; son, Bradford G. Cook Jr. of Meadow Lakes; daughters-in-law, Elizabeth Anderson of Houston and Sarah Barton-Cook of Meadow Lakes; grandsons, Gabriel C. Cook and Travis R. Cook, both of Meadow Lakes; granddaughter, Rebecca A. Cook of Big Lake; mother, Mary Louise Cook of Frankfort, Ind.; sisters, Carol Christine Flynn and Mary Zella Reynolds, both of Frankfort, Ind.; brothers, Anthony Cook of Thorntown, Ind., and Bob L. Cook; and several other nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and family.

Preceding him in death were his father and sister, Martha Zelpha.

Arrangements were by the Cremation Society of Alaska-Matanuska Susitna Valley. A guestbook can be signed online at alaskacremation.com.