John Richard Wood

JOHN RICHARD WOOD, 84, DIED SUNDAY. HE WAS BORN IN HALIFAX COUNTY, DECEMBER 7, 1879, SON OF THE LATE HENRY AND SARAH HULL WOOD. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER AND TEXTILE WORKER AND HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF ROCKY MOUNT FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TUESDAY AT 4PM AT THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER. THE REV. VAN WHEELER AND ELDER MR. KLEIN WILL OFFICIATE, BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. THELMA TURNER WOOD; A DAUGHTER, MRS. SARAH SPAUGH OF ROCKY MOUNT; FIVE SONS, W.E. OF ROCKY MOUNT, RICHARD OF FAYETTEVILLE, HOWARD OF BATTLEBORO, LESLIE OF COLUMBUS, GA., AND GEORGE OF NEW YORK CITY; 16 GRANDCHILDREN; THREE BROTHERS, ERNEST, L.M., AND BENNIE OF ROCKY MOUNT.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE HOME 827 EVERGREEN ROAD, AND AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, 817 COLUMBIA AVE.
THE BODY WILL REMAIN AT JOHNSON FUNER HOME UNTIL ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICES.