Lester Lee WOOD

1924 - 2003  (79 years)

• Name	Lester Lee WOOD  [1]
  Birth	16 Aug 1924	Banks County, GA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Civil Engineer  [2]
  Military	Retired US Army  [2]
  Death	13 Oct 2003	Commerce, Jackson County, GA   [2]
  Burial	15 Oct 2003	Jackson Memorial Gardens, Commerce, Jackson County, GA   [2]
  Person ID	I4045	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Lester Paul WOOD,   b. 29 May 1900, Banks County, GA d. 1973 (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Allie BURROUGHS,   b. 1908   d. 1974 (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Mar 1922	Banks County, GA   [3]
  Family ID	F1674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ingeborg HARTMANN
  Children	+ 1. Lester Paul HARTMANN
  Family ID	F5833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Theodelinde Emma WEISS
  Children	1. Linda WOOD  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The following information from Todd Dorsey, rootsweb entry 12017, Maysville Georgia Families and their Allies: Lester L. Wood, 79, of Commerce, a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, died Monday, October 13, 2003, at his residence. Born in Banks County on August 16, 1924, Mr. Wood was a son of the late Lester Paul and Allie Lee Burroughs Wood. He was retired from the United States Army and was also a retired Civil Engineer. He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church and the VFW. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 15, in the chapel of Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, with the Rev. Verlin Reece officiating. Burial was in Jackson Memorial Gardens, Commerce. Mr. Wood is survived by his wife, Theodelinde Emma Weiss Wood, Commerce; one daughter, Linda Strickland, Commerce; six brothers, Dink Wood, John Wood and Jimmy Wood, all of Commerce, Harold Wood, Hollywood, Ralph Wood, Clarkesville, and Teddy Wood, Conyers; three sisters, Eunice Ann Banks, Commerce, Brenda Welch, Marietta, and Mary Sue Wood, Lavonia; and two grandchildren. Little-Ward Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. The Jackson Herald, October 15, 2003

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Lester Paul Hartmann, son of Lester Lee Wood. Via email dated 15-March-2009 [S285] Maysville Georgia Families and their Allies, Todd Dorsey, rootsweb entry number 12017. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 609A.txt.