Joseph M. "Joe" Cook, Sr., age 77, of Deep Gap, passed away Saturday, January 1, 2022.

He was born April 25, 1944 in Watauga County, a son of the late Jordan Vilas Cook and Martha Elizabeth Wheeler Cook. He was a retired mechanic.

He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Oxentine Cook of the home; two daughters, Amy Cook Barber and husband Mike of Hays, North Carolina and April Cook Barker and husband Calvin of Louisville, Kentucky and one son Joseph Morris Cook, Jr. and wife Pam of Cummings, Georgia; six grandchildren, Amber Ward, Danelle Cranor, Megan Tanju, Sarah Matheson, Daniel Cook and Luke Barker and thirteen great-grandchildren, three sisters, Naomi Greene, Janice Tester and Shirley Triplett and two brothers, FD Cook and Henry Cook.

In addition to his father and mother he was preceded in death by two grandsons, Jordan Cook and Leslie Goodwin, three sisters, Carolyn Carlton, Ellen Ashley and Jeanette Greene and three brothers, Jordan Cook, Stewart Cook and David Cook.

Graveside services and burial for Joseph M. "Joe" Cook, Sr. will be conducted Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 2:00 o'clock at Cook Family Cemetery. Reverend Max West and Morris Cook will officiate.

The family will receive friends Saturday, from 12:00 until 1:30, at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Gideon International , Boone Camp, P.O. Box 3602, Boone, North Carolina 28607.

Online condolences may be sent to the Cook family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.