Obituaries of note

CHARLEY NEWTON COOK, 107, who had been one of Alabama's last two surviving World War I veterans, died Saturday. Mr. Cook spent his last week in bed at a nursing home - a stark change for a man who marched in Veterans Day parades and drove himself around town until age 99, said his son, David Cook. Charley Cook served on a Navy cruiser that guarded the first troops to cross the Atlantic Ocean for France, making three trips there in all. He later served on the battleship Utah, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor.

CRAIG KELLY, 56, the attorney and sports agent for some of college football's top coaches, died Friday of cancer. Mr. Kelly's clients included Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer, Texas A&M's Dennis Franchione, Virginia's Al Groh and Florida's Ron Zook.

POPE A. DUNCAN, 83, a former president of Stetson University who worked at the school for five decades, died Dec. 18 of complications from Parkinson's disease. Mr. Duncan served as president from 1977 to 1987 and was credited with initiating a $50-million fundraising campaign that was completed in six years.

DAVID WATSON DALY DICKSON, 84, the first black head of a New Jersey state college or university, died Dec. 10 at his home in Palm Coast, family members said. A scholar of Renaissance and biblical literature, Mr. Dickson was president of what is now known as Montclair State University from 1973 to 1984. During his tenure, the school's enrollment tripled to nearly 14,000 as he raised academic standards and helped develop 30 new undergraduate and graduate programs.

ELLEN DREW, 89, an actor who appeared in scores of movies opposite the biggest stars of the 1940s, died Dec. 3 in Palm Desert, Calif. Her credits included Christmas in July opposite Dick Powell and Buck Benny Rides Again as straight woman to Jack Benny.

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