A retired nurses aide, Cawood was a Kentucky Colonel and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Andy Brooks and Ida Hurst Brooks; her husband, Walter Bruce Cawood Jr., and one brother, Eugene Brooks.
Survivors include four children: Walter Bruce Cawood III, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; John Brittian Cawood, Middlesboro; Mark Stephen Cawood, Big Laurel; and Hiram Cawood, Harlan; 12 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; four brothers: Harry Brooks, Virginia; Auburn Brooks, Baxter; Kenneth Brooks, Oklahoma City, Okla.; and W. Larry Brooks, Middlesboro; three sisters: Lorene Fee, Payne, Ohio; Melta Zapata, Brandenton, Fla.; and Shirley Landford, Harrogate, Tenn.; and several relatives and friends.
Visitation will be held today from 4 to 9 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Greg Wingo and the Rev. James Willard Pope officiating.
Burial will follow in the Cawood Cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Mount Pleasant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.






