‘I will only be 90 once’: Munday VFD 44-year volunteer Cooks honored on milestone birthday

A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for 90-year-old Charlie Cooks began with the first vehicle of Munday’s Fourth of July parade. Cooks, a Munday VFD member since 1982, currently serves as chaplain for the department. | COURTESY PHOTO
A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for 90-year-old Charlie Cooks began with the first vehicle of Munday’s Fourth of July parade. Cooks, a Munday VFD member since 1982, currently serves as chaplain for the department. | COURTESY PHOTO

Charlie Cooks is a character. He is a man of faith who loves everyone and is quick to say “God loves you, and I love you.”

And if you are around Cooks long enough you will know that his pet peeve is drivers not stopping at stop signs. He will remind you that the younger people arewatchingyou—andthey will do what you do rather than what you say.

Cooks joined the Munday Volunteer Fire Department in 19…