Danny Ray "Dan" Cook

Danny (Dan) Ray Cook of Hurricane, WV, was born in Leckie, McDowell County, WV Nov. 26, 1938 and passed in hospice on October 25, 2022. Dan is survived by his wife Betty Sepulveda Cook, daughters Connie Lucille Lee of Charleston, WV and Independence, VA, Crystal Cook Marshall of Union Grove, NC (husband, Edward), and Cathy Cook, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, and family from his wife stretching from Europe to her native Cali, Colombia. The family from Colombia wanted to express they are distraught and they love/d Dan very much.

A summer in his brother's pick mine sent Dan above ground, and after the Army, he worked in insurance in and out of the hollers of WV and SWVA. In his 20s, he taught himself graphic design and sign painting, and later, lithography and screen printing. Priding himself for being of Ben Franklin's profession, Dan printed many of the highway signs dotting the region, and even on his deathbed, fretted about work for customers.

A hard worker with a busy mind, Dan loved wordplay and clever quips, with which, nearly till the end, he entertained family, friends, and himself. He had notepads full of ideas, and he remained chockfull of stories.

An actual master of many trades and arts, having learned many vocational skills from his father and brother, Dan built or renovated his own personal and commercial buildings and invented machines for his business. He went through deep creative phases where he also did outputs in oil, in songwriting and screenwriting, invented card and board games, and wrote fiction. An avid editorialist, for several years Dan published a column called "Blowing Bubbles" in a local paper.

In his 50s he became an adventurous traveler, meeting his wife Betty in South America after learning Spanish on his own. He had traveled across the US, in Europe, in Mexico, in South America, across Russia, in Mongolia and China, and to Canada and the Caribbean.

Dan was active in Democratic politics and ran for state legislature in the 1990s. He also was for some time at-large president of the Graphic Artists Guild of America.

They don't make them quite like Dan any more and maybe never did.

Dan will be and is terribly missed, and, we hope he is still turning a joke, being silly, and being curious.

A religious service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 at Calvary Apostolic at 22 Old Hurricane Creek Rd, Hurricane, WV 25526 followed by a memorial service and dinner at 2:30 PM TBD. Please reach out to Crystal by call or text at (704) 978-9404 for the memorial location.

In lieu of flowers Dan's wife Betty asks for donations to Apostolic Life Cathedral fbo Spanish Ministries, 350 Staunton Street, Huntington, WV 25702.

Condolences may be shared with the family at: www. barlowbonsall.com .

Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home, Charleston has been entrusted with the arrangements.