Joseph Earl Wood

JOSEPH “JOE” EARL WOOD, 75, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.
HE WAS BORN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, JANUARY 26, 1932, TO THE LATE GENERAL LEE AND LOLA SHEARIN WOOD. JOE WAS A RETIRED CABINET MAKER OF 30 YEARS FOR CARO-CRAFT FURNITURE COMPANY (A DIVISION OF COASTAL LUMBER COMPANY) AND A U.S. NAVY VETERAN SERVING DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF ENGLEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A LOVING, CARING, AND DEVOTED FATHER TO HIS DAUGHTER, ANGELA.
HIS WIFE OF 49 YEARS, CATHERINE BREEDLOVE WOOD, SISTER, DOROTHY WOOD, AND BROTHERS, HOWARD ELMO AND JOHN CALVIN WOOD, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS DAUGHTER, ANGELA CATHERINE WOOD, OF THE HOME; A SISTER, DAPHENE RADFORD, AND HISBAND DAL, OF VENICE, FL.; SISTERS-IN-LAW, TERRY WOOD, OF VENICE, FL. AND MILDRED WOOD, OF PORT CHARLOTTE FL.; SISTERS AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW, DONALD AND FAYE COLE, OF HENDERSON, NC, NELSON AND VIOLET SHEARON, OF LOUISBURG, NC AND RICHARD BREEDLOVE, OF LOUISBURG, NC; A SPECIAL DOUBLE-FIRST COUSTIN, WILLIAM HOWARD “SAM” WOOD AND WIFE, BETTY, OF LOUISBURG, NC AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007, AT 11 AM AT WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME, 1130 N. WINSTEAD AVE. ROCKY MOUNT, NC WITH DR. HARRIS FOWLER OFFICIATING. INTERMENT FOLLOWING AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS THIS EVENING FROM 7-8:30 AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND OTHER TIMES AT THE RESIDENCE.
ARRANGEMENTS BY WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME.