Peyton Ellsworth Cook Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on April 12, 2026, at the age of 97, Peyton Ellsworth Cook (Southern Pines, North Carolina) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Peyton farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Peyton is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He is survived by: his wife Anne; his sons, Peyton of Minneapolis, MN, David (Gloria) of Lenoir, NC and Christopher (Jane) of San Francisco, CA; his grandchildren, Colin (Federica), Autumn, Andrew, Caroline, Will (Kate), Jordan (Dylan), Sarah and Owen; and his great grandchild Beckham.
