Ila V. Wood (1903-2000) Obituary
From the Asheboro, NC Courier-Tirbune Newspaper dated Monday, July 24, 2000
provided by the Research of Bob Mcleod, son of Charles Erastus McLeod, Sr.
TROY - Ila Wood Reynolds, 97, of 207 N. Main St., died Sunday, July 23, 2000, at FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Troy.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Michael H. Elliott and Dr. Clyde G. McArver officiating. Burial will be in Southside Cemetery.
She was a native of Farmer, the widow of Eugene T. Reynolds, with whom she operated Troy Furniture Company and Troy Funeral Home, a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College (East Carolina University) and was a teacher in Ellerbe, Asheboro, and Troy. She was chairperson of the nursery department, a children's Sunday School teacher, a member of the Ladies Bible Class, the XYZ Club and Circle No. 1 at her church. She was a former president of the Troy Child Study Club, and was named a Woman of the Year by the Montgomery County Democratic Women.
Surviving are daughter, Doris R. Edwards of Charlotte; sister, Frances W. Williams of Wilkesboro; two grandchildren.
The family will be at Pugh-Troy Funeral Home, Troy, 7-9 p.m. Monday.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 239 N. Russell St., Troy, N.C. 27371.