Billy Lee Cook, 71, of Woodbury, Tennessee passed away on August 22, 2026. He was born in Oak Ridge Tennessee on December 26, 1954. He was preceded in death by his father, Bill Cook and his mother, Nora Cook, and by a sister, Cathy Bennett.
He is survived by his wife, Karen Blanks Cook, step children, Seth (Krystal) Powell, Lydia Weber, Hannah (Devan) Tucker, sister, Lou, (Darrell) Goins, brothers-in-law, Mike Bennett and Clay Blanks, grandchildren, McKenna (Joel) Nieves, Reshan Nickson, Grayson Powell, Landon Powell, Nathan Powell, Claire Weber, and Ariya Tucker, great grandchildren, Houston, and JR, nieces and nephew, Tabby (Kevin) Ragland, Trina (Bryan) Jones, Ray (Sara) Bennett, Michelle (Joey) Potts, great nieces and nephews Eli Ragland and Nolan Ragland, Dawson Reed, Jordan Reed, and Wyatt Jones, Knox Bennett, Ashton Bennett, and Sadie Potts.
A public visitation will be held on Monday, August 24, 2026, from 4 to 6 PM at Gentry-Smith Funeral Home. A private funeral service will follow in the Gentry-Smith Funeral Home chapel. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be given to St. Jude Children’s Hospital share memories and condolences with the family at www.gentrysmithfuneralhome.com Gentry-Smith Funeral Home, 303 Murfreesboro Road, Woodbury, Tennessee, 37190. 615–563–5337. Because every life has a story.