Donny Cook
Biographical Information
Donny Cook
- Full Name
- Donny Cook
- Victim Profile
- Donny Cook
- Name Variations
- Donie, Dony, Tonie, Donnie
- Biography
- On November 5, 1914, Donny Cook, between 36 and 40 years old, was lynched in the New Lexington area near the Walker county line. Cook was accused of shooting a police deputy. While working as a convict laborer on a county road a white man shot Cook from the woods and killed him. Cook left behind a father, Len Cook, a mother, Mattie Cook, and brother, Coker Cook.
- Documented or Attempted
- Documented
- Birth Date
- N/A
- County of Birth; County of Death
- N/A; Tuscaloosa County
- Death Date
- November 5, 1914
- Race
- Black
- Sex
- Male
- Researchers
- Katie Beaudin
- Case Number
- AMP541-19141105-000
- Identified by:
- Alabama Memory Project
- Mother
- Mattie Cook
- Father
- Len Cook
- All other relatives
- Coker Cook (sibling)
- Occupation
- Farm Laborer
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Nov 4, 2023
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Nov 4, 2023