Funeral plans have been made for a young South Carolina woman who was a nursing student who died in a one-car crash near Dillon on Monday, officials said.
McKinsey Rebecca Cook, 21, of Cayce did in the crash that happened around 12:15 pm on Interstate 95 at mile marker 179, said Cpl. Sonny Collins of the SC Highway Patrol.
Cook, who was currently attending Midlands Technical College as a nursing student, was driving northbound in a Jeep Liberty, when the SUV hit the left side guardrail, officials said.
The Jeep then went off the right side of I-95 and hit a tree, Collins said. Cook was wearing a seatbelt and was the only occupant of the Jeep.
Cook, who was born in West Columbia, was a former cheerleader at Fulmer Middle and Airport High School where she was an honor graduate, her obituary said.
Cook was a competitive cheerleader with Silver Jax and ACX Cheer Gyms. She previously attended the University of Louisville and Winthrop University where she was a member of the Zeta Sorority, according to the obituary.
She was currently on the Deans List at Midlands Technical College and planned a March 2015 Uganda Mission Trip, her obituary said.
As a member at New Spring Uganda Mission in Anderson, she was a small group youth leader and worked with the Children’s Ministry as well as Missions.
Cook’s funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce with Pastor Greg Demare officiating. Entombment will follow in Southland Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.
Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Lexington Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Spring Uganda Mission, 2940 Concord Road, Anderson, SC 29621.
