Margaret "Peggy" Cook

August 12, 1944 - March 26, 2020

Margaret “Peggy” Cook, age 75, of Nashville passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020 in Nashville. Peggy was warm and caring with many friends that loved her. She loved her brothers and sisters and their many, many nieces and nephews. Peggy and John were married May 14,1982. Even though they did not have any children of their own, she did love and care for her step-children Ben and Angie. She loved vegetable and flower gardening and was quite accomplished at it. She was a wonderful wife and housekeeper. She worked for State University of New York Research Foundation in Albany,NY for many years before moving to Nashville,TN in 1997. She then went to work for HCA corporate office in Nashville and retired there after 10 years of service in the corporate tax and payroll group. Her later years were painful due to chronic illness but she still was always cheerful and inspiring to those around her. She is survived by her husband, John Cook of Nashville; 1 son, Benjamin Cook; 1 daughter, Angie Cook; 2 brothers, Edward P. Thomas and Richard Thomas; and 4 sisters, Patricia Warncke, Jane Ousterhout, Mary Alice Thomas, and Elaine Thomas. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ethel Thomas; father, Edward Thomas; and step mother, Martha Thomas. Graveside services will be on Sunday, March 29 at 2PM at Jones Cemetery in Wildersville. Reed’s Chapel in Lexington is in charge of all arrangements.