DOVER - Lura Mae Cook Brusewitz, 94, of Dover, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Silver Lake Nursing Home, Dover. She was born on June 23, 1916, in Covington, Tenn., to the late Walter and Maude Buttler Tidwell. She was a member of Member of Christ Memorial Baptist Church. She loved playing Bingo at the Dover Elks Lodge. She worked for Lois' Bar and in food service at the Carroll's Corner Drug Fair and at the Townsend Building in Dover. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Brusewitz; her brothers, Ed and Malcolm Tidwell; a sister, Grace Tidwell; a son, James Cook; a daughter-in-law, Bunny Cook; and a daughter, Betsy Green of Florida. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Gene Cook of Slaughter Beach, Jerry and Phyllis Cook of Magnolia, Don and Linda Linder of Kentucky; a daughter, Nan and her husband Ralph Miller of California; daughter-in-law, Shirley Perez of Cumberland, Md.; brother, Jeff and his wife Ann Tidwell of Tennessee; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Friends may call on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 10 a.m. in the Trader Funeral Home Inc., 12 Lotus St., Dover. A remembrance service will be at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden. Letters of condolence may be sent to traderfh@aol.com or to
www.delmarvaobits.com.