The following tribute to Betty Cook was written by her classmate Annaliese Ophelia Cook:

"Betty Cook was always nice to me from the beginning. The first time she ever talked to me was the first class I ever had. She sat right next to me with a bright smile on her face. As we started with notes, she noticed that my last name was Cook as well. That is how she started that first conversation, with a "hey, we have the same last name". That is why last week's event was terribly saddening for me. I lost a good friend, and the whole town lost a good person. After the incident, Betty's family told me to take what I wanted to remember my good friend. I decided to take her yearbook picture because it shows how she was one of us. She was just another student trying to get a good education. Along with that, it also shows that she was a part of this community of girls and her name will never be forgotten. We all love you Betty, and you will be missed forever."

References:
• 1946 Chamhian yearbook, Chamblee High School, Chamblee, Georgia, pages 58, 59, 60, 78, 81.
• 1951 Spectrum yearbook, George State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia, https://kb.gcsu.edu/spectrum/31/ .
• 1952 Spectrum yearbook, George State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia, pages 29, 68, 71, 93, 141, 142, 143, 150, https://kb.gcsu.edu/spectrum/30/ .
• 1952 Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, death notice.
• 1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, obituary.
• 2019 Owen Perrine, Historical Object Analysis as part of the course GC1Y - History of Georgia College - includes a tribute to Betty written by a classmate (Annaliese Ophelia Cook) and Betty's death notice published in the Macon paper: https://dispatchesps.wordpress.com/2019/03/22/a-tribute-to-cookie-written-from-the-perspective-of-a-classmate/ .
• 2023 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3KK-JH5 .
• 2023 Cook descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Blackwell descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendants.txt .

The following tribute to Betty Cook was written by her classmate Annaliese Ophelia Cook:

"Betty Cook was always nice to me from the beginning. The first time she ever talked to me was the first class I ever had. She sat right next to me with a bright smile on her face. As we started with notes, she noticed that my last name was Cook as well. That is how she started that first conversation, with a "hey, we have the same last name". That is why last week's event was terribly saddening for me. I lost a good friend, and the whole town lost a good person. After the incident, Betty's family told me to take what I wanted to remember my good friend. I decided to take her yearbook picture because it shows how she was one of us. She was just another student trying to get a good education. Along with that, it also shows that she was a part of this community of girls and her name will never be forgotten. We all love you Betty, and you will be missed forever."

References:
• 1946 Chamhian yearbook, Chamblee High School, Chamblee, Georgia, pages 58, 59, 60, 78, 81.
• 1951 Spectrum yearbook, George State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia, https://kb.gcsu.edu/spectrum/31/ .
• 1952 Spectrum yearbook, George State College for Women, Milledgeville, Georgia, pages 29, 68, 71, 93, 141, 142, 143, 150, https://kb.gcsu.edu/spectrum/30/ .
• 1952 Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, death notice.
• 1952 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, obituary.
• 2019 Owen Perrine, Historical Object Analysis as part of the course GC1Y - History of Georgia College - includes a tribute to Betty written by a classmate (Annaliese Ophelia Cook) and Betty's death notice published in the Macon paper: https://dispatchesps.wordpress.com/2019/03/22/a-tribute-to-cookie-written-from-the-perspective-of-a-classmate/ .
• 2023 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3KK-JH5 .
• 2023 Cook descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CookDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Blackwell descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendants.txt .