Robert Richard Cooke, (Richard) of Columbia, Virginia, departed this life at the University of Virginia Hospital on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the age of 71.  Richard leaves to cherish his memory his wife of fifty years, Patricia J. Cooke.  From this union he leaves four children, Tracy, Iris, Kerry, and Gregory Cooke.

Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. in The Sun Chapel @ D. D. Watson, Louisa, on Friday, January 25, 2019. Interment will follow at Standing on the Promise of God Church Cemetery.