Irma Jean Carter Cooks died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at River Region Medical Center. She was 57.

She is survived by her daughter, Brandy Cooks of New York.

Services were Jan. 8, 2011, at Mount Celler M.B. Church in Tallulah with the Rev. Rufus McClodden officiating. Burial followed at New Oakwood Cemetery with Beckwith Golden Gate Funeral Home in charge.