Heck Funeral Home ------------------------------------ 3. Wood, Roy R. |
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Obituary
Roy R. Wood, 76, of Milton, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2012 in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, WV. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Huntington with Father Jim Sobus officiating. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington. He was born August 5, 1936 in Beckley, WV, a son of the late Schuyler H. and Elsie Rowsey Wood. Mr. Wood was a Dental Medic in the US Air Force, stationed at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. He was also a retired railroad worker from the B&O Railroad and was an original member of St. Stephens Catholic Church, Ona and a member of Holy Rosary Church in Buckhannon, WV. He was a 3rd Degree member of the Knights of Columbus and an avid member of the Mason County Democrat 100 Club. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary B. Mendez Wood; two daughters, Linda Ann Philbrick and her husband, John of Petersburg, WV and Sarah Elia Ziems and her husband, Chris of Buckhannon, WV; four grandchildren, Sarah Ellie Volosin and her husband, Alex of Tempe, AZ, Lucas E. Ziems of Morgantown, WV, Elizabeth Ann Philbrick of Morgantown, WV and Michael J. Philbrick of Petersburg, WV; sister-in-law, Susana M. Bailey of Houston, TX; a host of nieces and nephews; special cousins, Mary Holley of Milton and Bill Withers of Apple Grove, WV and a special lifelong friend, Richard Clagg of Huntington. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, August 24, 2012 at Heck Funeral Home, Milton.
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