From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Lorry Alan Cook

Lorry Alan Cook
August 21, 1901 - February 1, 1977

Lorry Alan Cook was the son of Philip Porter and Ella Mae Ratcliff Cook (click here to see their obituaries). He was born in Haughton, Lousiana. According to the 1940 census, he attended college for one year and was married to Katherine Huddleston of Texas. I found them living in both Houston, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana. 

Lorry Alan Cook
Passport Photo 1924

In 1924, Lorry Cook applied for a passport. His occupation was listed as geologist and he was planning to travel to Maracaibo, Venezuela for business. At the time, he was working for Atlantic Oil Producing Company in Philadelphia. He lived in Venezuela for more than a year. 

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Diana

© 2017

Sources

Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Ancestry.com. U.S., Consular Registration Applications, 1916-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: Haughton, Louisiana

Saw this sign on a recent
road trip. Didn't dare ask
to stop!

Here is another photo saved by Marguerite Cook Clark. This is the town of Haughton in Bossier Parish, Louisiana - about 35 minutes from Marguerite's home of Ringgold in Bienville Parish. 

Barncastle Drugs and Groceries

The town's current website states that Haughton was named for the family of William and Harriett Hassell Haughton in 1884. Haughton, previously known as Lawenceville, was renamed after Mary Jane Haughton Lawrence sold land to the railroad, which already had a Lawenceville on it's route. In the photo, the railroad station is on the left and at the end of the road is Barncastle Drugs and Groceries. 

Diana

© 2016

Source

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014 and September 14, 2014. Used with permission.

"Town of Haughton - Our History." Town of Haughton - Our History.  Web. 3 Jul. 2016. <http://www.townofhaughton.org/community/history>.