Erastus H. Wood, Jr. (1925-2000) Obituary
From the Asheboro, NC Courier-Tirbune Newspaper dated Sunday, June 18, 2000
provided by the Research of Bob Mcleod, son of Charles Erastus McLeod, Sr.
TROY - E H Wood Jr., 74, of 305 N. Bilhen St., Troy, died Saturday, June 17, 2000, at his home.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Troy, where he was a member, with the Rev. Everette Eason. the Rev. Clyde McCarver and the Rev. Mike Elliott officiating. Burial will be at Southside Cemetery.
He was a Montgomery County native, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, retired from the U.S. Postal Service and the Troy Fire Department, a member of the Troy Masonic Lodge No. 718 and a Boy Scout volunteer.
Surviving are wife, Mary Ruth Poole Wood of the home; daughters, Suzanne W. Luther of Goldston, Barbara W. Hinson of Mt. Gilead, and Janet W. Deese and Patricia W. Moody, both of Troy; sons, E H "Sonny" Wood III of Maxton and Robert Wood of the home; sisters, Ila Wood Reynolds of Troy and Frances Wood Williams of Wilkesboro; nine grandchildren.
The family will be at Pugh-Troy Funeral Home, Troy, 7-9 p.m. Sunday and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Fund, c/o Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 502, Troy, N.C. 27371.