Historical Marker
Robert Cooke, M.D.
Historical marker location:
US 83, Winters, Texas
( North View cemetery, North highway 83 (Main Street) Winters)
Marker installed: 1967
Born in Emory, Texas, youngest son of William and Nancy Cooke.
Attended Waco College (now Baylor University); medical school in Kentucky, received degree, 1886.
Began practice, Kentuckytown. Moved to Winters area in 1889. Became town's first doctor; and deacon in first church and later pastor. Married 1886, Sallie Mitchell. Had five children.
Beloved by all as physician and Baptist preacher.