Printed in The Herald Bulletin newspaper of Anderson, Madison County, Indiana on Friday, 5 April 2001:

"JESUP, Ga. - Former Anderson resident Chris A. Cookman, 40, Jesup, died April 3, 2001, at his residence of heart failure.
He was born Nov. 8, 1960, in Anderson, and moved to Georgia from Anderson two years ago. He had worked in the RV industry.
He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. He was an avid NASCAR fan and loved to hunt and fish.
Survivors include a daughter, Crystal Cookman of Crawfordsville; mother, Mary Cookman of Fenton, Mich.; father, Roger (wife, Karen) Cookman of Anderson; sister, Connie (husband, Steven) Moore of Huntington; two brothers, Dirk Cookman of Big Rapids, Mich., and Quintin (wife, Angie) Cookman of Pendleton; grandmother, Ruth Vardaman of Anderson; two stepbrothers, Andrew McBride of Alexandria and Brian McBride of Indianapolis; two uncles, James (wife, Lola) Vardaman and Samuel (wife, Judy) Vardaman; aunt, Kathern Vardaman; great-aunt, Dorothy Cookman; seven nieces and nephews, Steven Moore Jr., Rachel Moore, Dustin Cookman, Joshua Cookman, Mathew Cookman, Shazalynne McBride and Jarrett Weinsteine.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Samuel Vardaman, and Ray and Lillian Cookman; brother, Eric Stephen Cookman; and two uncles, Donald Cookman and Richard Cookman.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel, with the Rev. Roy Norville of Fall Creek Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in East Maplewood Cemetery where military graveside rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 266.
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the South Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association or the charity of the donor's choice."