Robert Darious WOOD, Sr.

1925 - 2003  (78 years)

• Name	Robert Darious WOOD  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	23 Jan 1925	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Westclox
  	Design Engineer
  Residence	1930	Pitman, Madison, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1935	Rural, Madison, Georgia   [2]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Grove Hill, Madison, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1941	Colbert, Madison, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Self
  Military	Served with 627th Engineer, Light Equipment Company.  [3]
  Military	1943  [3]
  	Awarded Purple Heart in Europe during WWII
  Death	30 Aug 2003	Athens, Clarke County, GA   [1]
  	Cause: Complications from cancer
  Burial	2 Sep 2003	Evergreen Memorial Park, Athens, Clarke County, GA   [3]
  Person ID	I4	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Federick Great WOOD,   b. 13 Sep 1886, Gordon County, GA d. 22 Apr 1937, Madison County, GA (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Florence Emma MARTIN,   b. 16 Jul 1890, Madison County, GA d. 6 Dec 1977, Clarke County, GA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1908	Madison County, GA   [4]
  Married	Abt 1908	Madison County, Georgia   [2]
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtice Ann LESTER,   b. 29 Nov 1931, Clarke County, GA d. 15 Nov 2006, Athens, Clarke County, GA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1948	Athens, Clarke County, GA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Robert Darious WOOD, Jr.   2. Randy Lewis WOOD,   b. 4 Sep 1953, Athens, Clarke County, GA d. 2 Nov 1953, Athens, Clarke County, GA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Debra Ann WOOD + 4. Kenneth McDonald WOOD
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Pitman, Madison, Georgia, USA Residence - Relation to Head of House: Self - 1941 - Colbert, Madison, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robert Darious Wood, Sr. and Myrtice Ann Lester On their wedding day, 20-Nov-1948

  
  

  Documents		Patterson School 3rd and 4th grade students. Robert Darious Wood, Sr and his sister, Flora Virginia Wood from a newspaper clipping out of the Athens Banner Herald.
  		Robert Darious Wood, Sr (1925-2003) Newspaper clipping about wounds suffered while in France. Several errors in the clipping: 1. Fa Lawis should be FT. Lewis 2. 1043 should be 1943 France, July 1944. Dad was standing on the hood of a jeep tying telephone wires to a tree branch when a German mortar exploded. The next thing he remembers is waking up with his helmet full of blood and a medic working over him. Surgeons removed as…

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 78 years, 7 months, 7 days. Enlisted in the United States Army on 25-May-1943 at the age of 18 Years, 3 Months, 22 Days, at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA. Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law. Service Number: 34821689

  
  

• Sources

  [S214] Robert D. Wood, Jr., Personal Observation or Knowledge gained directly from subject. [S334] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Federick (Fed) Great Wood http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=7013623636&indiv=try [S215] Robert D. Wood, Jr., Personal Observation or Knowledge gained directly from subject. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 480B.txt.