BRACEY, Va. - Benjamin Herbert Cooke, 78, formerly of Franklin County, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 in Community Memorial Health Center. A funeral service was conducted Monday, Jan. 15, at Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory in South Hill, Va., with interment in Shiloh United Methodist Church cemetery in South Hill.

Mr. Cooke was a former funeral director with Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest. He was a retired FBI special agent and a Korean Army veteran. He was predeceased by two wives, Joan Brown Cooke and Forrest M. Cooke.

Surviving: son, David W. Cooke (Ellen) of South Hill, Va.; daughter, Sarah Ann Imler (Tom) of Clayton; and four grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bethany Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 119, Baskerville, VA. 23915 or the Southside Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 546, South Hill, VA. 23970.