Darce Cecil WOOD

1925 - 1994  (69 years)

• Name	Darce Cecil WOOD  [1]
  Birth	28 Feb 1925	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	Between 1943 and 1965  [1]
  	World War II and Korean War
  Death	24 Mar 1994	Dublin, Laurens County, GA   [2]
  	Cause: Died of complications due to strokes
  Burial	26 Mar 1994	Coleman Chapel Cemetery, Wadley, Jefferson County, GA
  Person ID	I6934	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Elmer George WOOD,   b. 27 Sep 1898, Jackson County, GA d. 20 Dec 1979, Jackson County, GA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Willie Catherine MCGINNIS,   b. 21 Jun 1898, Jackson County, GA d. 10 Nov 1960, Richmond County, GA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Jul 1918	Jackson County, GA
  Family ID	F615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peggy Glendean WALKER,   b. 8 Aug 1927, Westerly, Fayette County, WV d. 26 Jun 2000, University Hospital, Augusta, Richmond, GA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1949	Trenton, NJ   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Joyce Ann WOOD + 2. Daniel Aaron WOOD,   b. 24 May 1952, Salzburg, Austria d. 11 Aug 2008, Banks County, GA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Lydia Kathyrn WOOD + 4. Belinda Rebecca WOOD + 5. David Daryl WOOD
  Family ID	F620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Carolyn DIXON
  Family ID	F1785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Photos		Darce Cecil Wood (1925-1994)
  		Children of Elmer George Wood and Willie Catherine McGinnis L-R: Phillip Daniel Wood, Martha Rachel Wood, Nancy Yvonne Wood, Betty Frances Wood, Charles Benson Wood and Darce Cecil Wood. Not shown in this photo is Henry Ford Wood and Wiley Roger Wood.

  
  

• Notes

  He, also, served in the Korean War. As a young man Darce worked at the Commerce Fertilizer Company in Commerce, GA. The date was 20 March 1943 which made him at the age of 18. Darce served in the U. S. Army during World War II. (2-4-1943 - 3-1-1965) Darce, wife and daughter Joyce Ann lived in Salzburg, Austria from 1950 - abt 1955 where they had a son Daniel Aaron and Lydia Kathyrn Wood. He studied and graduated from the University of Salzburg, Austria. He retired with over 20 years in the army. He went on to selling life insurance until he bought a cabinet shop in Wrens, GA. He named the shop Wren's Cabinet Shop. This was during the time he was married to Carolyn Dixon. (Medical):Darce died in Vinson VA Medical Center, Dublin, GA 31021

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Joyce Wood's research. [S225] Provided by: Joyce Wood 16 Mar 2006.