Obituaries: Irene Wood, 1933, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 16, 1933 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Irene Wood Dies Suddenly At Her Home Monday

Deceased Was Prominent in Religious and Civic Affairs

Mrs. Irene Wood, widow of the late James T. Wood, succumbed at her home here
late Monday afternoon following a stroke of apoplexy, which she suffered at
9:30 in the morning.  She was stricken as she entered the home of one of her
neighbors, Mrs. P. K. Abel, who lives across the street from the Wood
residence.  Soon after being carried to her home she lapsed into a coma and
never regained consciousness.

Her death was a distinct shock to the entire town, where she has resided for
the past thirty years, taking an active part in both civic and religious
affairs.  Her husband, the late James T. Wood, was a prominent Winnfield
merchant and lumberman and passed away last December 12.

Mrs. Wood was the daughter of the late Calvin Croom and Margaret Mooring.  Her
parents first settled in Mooringsport and were prominent in the affairs of
Caddo Parish.  She was the youngest of six children and the last of the line
to die.  She was a loyal member of the First Methodist Church here, was active
in the Sunday School and was responsible for the organization of the Winnfield
Orphanage Circle, which supports a child in the Methodist Orphanage at Ruston,
in addition to making financial gifts to the orphanage.

Funeral services were conducted at the First Methodist Church Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with the following ministers in charge: Rev. Ellis
Smith, pastor local church, Rev. R. W. Vaughn, superintendent Methodist
Orphanage of Ruston, and Rev. W. E. Joyner, pastor Alexandria Methodist
Church.  A large concourse of relatives and friends attended the last rites.

Pallbearers were Roy Morgan, Robert Heard, Willie Verne Hall, Malvern
Dickerson, Dudley Shell, Prentice Tannehill, Shelby Walsh, and Wayne Bethea.

The deceased is survived by one son, Charlie Wood of El Paso, Texas, and one
daughter, Mrs. H. J. Powers of Alexandria; and three grandsons, Henry James,
Richard Earl, and George Powers, of Alexandria.