James Cecil "Buddy" Cook, age 83, of Bartow, passed away Monday, July 9, 2012, at his home.

Funeral service is Wednesday, July 11, 1 p.m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale with Rev. Joe Hise officiating. Interment with full Military Rites by the Pocahontas County Honor Corps will be in the Dunmore Cemetery. Family will receive friends two hours prior to the service.

For full obituary see July 12 print edition of The Pocahontas Times or the e-edition.