Obituaries: James Thomas Wood, 1932, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 15, 1932 Winn Parish Enterprise

J. T. Wood Laid To Rest In Local Cemetery Wed.

Succumbs at His Home Here Monday Morning After Long Illness

James Thomas Wood, aged 70 years, 7 months, and 18 days, died Monday at 2:40
o'clock at his home here after a long illness.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock at the First
Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ellis Smith, pastor, in charge.  He was
assisted by the Rev. A. H. Cullen, Baptist minister, and the Rev. Alwin
Stokes, Presbyterian minister.  Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.  A
host of relatives and friends attended the last rites.

Pallbearers were C. L. Smith, Joe Stothart, P. K. Abel, J. F. Lovell, J. M.
Hyde, John Emerson, Dr. F. C. Wren, and Albert Nugent.

Mr. Wood was born in Cass County, Texas, April 24, 1862.  He moved to
Winnfield with his family in 1905 and was engaged for yeas in the mercantile
business and the lumber business.  He was prominent in civic and social
circles and was a devout member of the Methodist faith, serving for years as
one of the church stewards of the First Methodist Church, and recently was
made an honorary member of that body.

Mr. Wood is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Margaret Irene 
Croom.  The children of this marriage are Mrs. H. J. Powers of Alexandria and
Mr. Charles Wood of El Paso, Texas.  Three brothers and three sisters survive.
They are John and Thomas Wood of Queen City, Texas; C. R. Wood, Mercedes,
Texas; Mrs. John Hooper, Paris, Texas; Mrs. Lula Kennedy and Mrs. Eula
Barnwell, Atlanta, Texas.