{"id":13553,"date":"2016-09-21T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2016-09-21T22:43:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T02:43:20","slug":"in-loving-memory-of-cookie-lacook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=13553","title":{"rendered":"In Loving Memory of Cookie LaCook"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25536\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=25536#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25536\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cookie LaCook\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-326x435.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cookie LaCook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cookie LaCook was an entertainer out of Texas and was sometimes referred to as the Mouth of the South.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Accomplishments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=25432\"><strong>3rd Alternate to Miss Gay USofA at Large 1989<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=25505\">Miss Gay Texas USofA at Large 1987<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13553 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=25535'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/557523_594570983924134_1621048712_n-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cookie LaCook - Photo by Pam Collins\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/557523_594570983924134_1621048712_n-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/557523_594570983924134_1621048712_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/557523_594570983924134_1621048712_n-326x489.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/557523_594570983924134_1621048712_n.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25535'>\n\t\t\t\tCookie LaCook &#8211; Photo by Pam Collins\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=25536'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cookie LaCook\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n-326x435.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10402791_877949428919620_8990875423119713320_n.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25536'>\n\t\t\t\tCookie LaCook\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=25537'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/11115749_877949005586329_904097633850614304_n-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cookie LaCook\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/11115749_877949005586329_904097633850614304_n-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/11115749_877949005586329_904097633850614304_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/11115749_877949005586329_904097633850614304_n-326x435.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/11115749_877949005586329_904097633850614304_n.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25537'>\n\t\t\t\tCookie LaCooke\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=25538'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"102\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/549075_409645162416718_1594302722_n-e1474990123379-102x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cookie LaCook\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-25538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/549075_409645162416718_1594302722_n-e1474990123379-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/549075_409645162416718_1594302722_n-e1474990123379-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/549075_409645162416718_1594302722_n-e1474990123379.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-25538'>\n\t\t\t\tCookie LaCook\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=13554'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-28-at-5.23.10-PM-150x106.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-28-at-5.23.10-PM-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-28-at-5.23.10-PM-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-28-at-5.23.10-PM-326x232.png 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-28-at-5.23.10-PM-700x498.png 700w, 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src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bky5ww-3gZQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cookie LaCook was an entertainer out of Texas and was sometimes referred to as the Mouth of the South. Accomplishments&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=13553\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> In Loving Memory of Cookie LaCook<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,9],"class_list":["post-13553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainers","tag-in-loving-memory","tag-texas","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}