Iona Fay Cook, 89 of Friona died Thursday December 19, 2013. Chapel Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday December 22, 2013 at the Friona Cemetery Chapel in Friona with Rev. Brett Hoyle, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Friona, officiating. Burial following in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona. Mrs. Cook was born September 1, 1924 in Lamesa, Texas to Dolphus Edward and Lavenia Ardella Prentice Richards. She graduated from Hardin-Simmons with a B.A. degree in 1946, she married Raymond Cook in Lamesa on July 4, 1948, she was a longtime school teacher, member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Modern Study Club, and very active in the First Baptist Church of Friona where she taught Sunday School, Training Union and was a member of the choir. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Survivors include 1 son-Carroll Ray "Fred" Cook and wife Amy of Friona, 1 daughter- Kathy Wooley Cruz and husband Charles of San Antonio, 1 brother-Elbert Richards of Denver, CO., 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Prairie Acres Nursing Home 201 East 15th St. Friona, Texas 79035