Gladys Marie Hamsley Cook, 98, of Nashville and formerly of Springfield, passed from this life on Friday February 26, 2021 at Barton House in Nashville. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday March 3rd at 2:00 p.m. in the Bethlehem Cemetery with Brother Martin Babb officiating. Pallbearers will be Reece Dean, Lanny Dean, Preston Dean, Max Dean, AJ Amendola, Joey Dean, Emily Dean, Kailee Amendola, Molly Dean, Justin Simpson, Susie Simpson, Emmaline Dean, and Taylor Simpson. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 12 noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Robertson County Funeral Home.
Gladys was born September 26, 1922 in Springfield to the late William and Nellie Henderson Hamsley. She was a graduate of Barren Plains High School class of 1937. Gladys was a member of Springfield Baptist Church. In the mid-forties Gladys worked at AVCO building airplanes, a real Rosie the Riveter! She later worked several sales and clerical positions including the City of Springfield before finding her true passion of interior design. She became a certified Interior Designer and worked at Ethan Allan and Suddarth Furniture Companies. She retired from a clerical position with the State of Tennessee. Gladys was a property flipper before it was fashionable. She built and re-habbed countless properties in her lifetime using her keen eye, sewing skills, and hard work to always make “the next one better than the last”. Gladys was an avid dancer and a regular at the Senior Citizen Center on Friday nights as well at the Thursday Coffee Club at Hardee’s and most days would be having her child’s plate of vegetables at Larry’s.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: John Wesley Cook, by her sister: Nell Wilmoth Brown, and by her brothers and sister-in-law: Joe Rayburn Hamsley, William Roy and Becky Hamsley. Gladys is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Reece and Mary Ann Dean of Nashville, Lanny and Shireen Dean of Springfield, and by 2 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff and employees of Barton House for their care, concern, and love of Gladys.
Robertson County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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