CURTIS RIGGS COOK, age 66, of Murfreesboro, died Friday, October 2, 2009, after a hard six week fight in Intensive Care at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. He was a native of Murfreesboro and the son of the late Baxter L. Buster and Emma Butler Riggs Cook. He was also preceded in death by his nephew, James K. Trey Clayton, III, and sister in law, Laura Keeble Kibby Clayton. Funeral service will be 2:00pm Monday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Timothy L. Wallace will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be in the chapel two hours prior to the service. He is survived by his wife of forty years, Elizabeth Bettie Clayton Cook, daughter and son in law, Renee Cook and Billy Wayne McElheney of Midlothian, TX, brother and sister in law, A. Baxter and Ann Cook of McAllen, TX, two grandchildren, Christapher Wayne and Krystal Renee McElheney of Midlothian, TX, brothers in law and sisters in law, Judge James K. and Lynn Clayton, Jr, David M. and Gayle Sanders, nieces and nephews, Amy T. Cook of Murfreesboro, Maredith Clayton and Tom Metier, Warren Sanders of Nashville, and Mark Sanders of Brooklyn, NY, and great-nephew, Cooper. Mr. Cook was a 1961 graduate of Central High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in Vietnam. He had been awarded the Good Conduct Medal (Second Award), National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and The Army Commendation Medal. He was an ordained Deacon in the Presbyterian Church, and served on the Board of the Presbyterian Church Day Care Center. He was a Charter Life Member of the American Motorcyclist Association and from 1975 through 1979 had raced Speedway motorcycles professionally. He had been a Safety Director in the trucking industry for approximately 20 years and had owned and operated his own Transportation Safety and Compliance consulting firm until his retirement in 2004. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the Stones River National Battlefield, PAWS, First Presbyterian Church, or your favorite charity in his memory. Visitation will be from 12noon until service time at 2:00pm Monday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. 615-893-5151, www.woodfinchapel.com