A daughter of the late Jimmy and Mary Buckner Rogers, Mrs. Crook was a Columbus, GA native who was a 1956 graduate of Spencer High School. She obtained a Bachelors degree from Alcorn State University and her Master's degree from Troy State University. She was an educator in Muscogee County who retired from Rigdon Road Elementary School. A member of St. John AME Church, she served as a Trustee and vice chairman of the Benevolent and Bereavement Ministry. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Life Member), the Progressive Women's Club, and the Muscogee County and Georgia Educator's Associations. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 49 years, CSM Edward Crook, Jr., and four siblings, Ralph and George Rogers, Evelyn Carter and Janet Davis.

Surviving her departure with cherished memories, include: her children, Terri Y. Crook, Alison C. Mason (Tommy), Edward Crook, III, Jerry E. Crook, J. Michael Crook (Sam), Brenda Crook, Sandra Crook Walker and Malinda Crook (deceased); seventeen grandchildren, two sisters, Vera Whittlesey and Mary Ann Carter; a brother-in-law, Joshua Davis, Sr.; a host of loving great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.