Jackson County MsArchives Obituaries.....Wood, Albert Gause "Bert" August 24, 2008
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Patricia Creel Kendrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00018.html#0004458 August 26, 2008, 1:27 pm

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Mr. Albert Gause "Bert" Wood, 87, a prominent Moss Point, MS businessman for 
over 50 years, passed away Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, from complications due to an 
injury sustained as a patient at a local hospital. 

Mr. Wood was the son of the late George Price Wood and Mary Alethea Gregory 
Wood. He was the great- nephew of Charles Henry Wood, the first mayor of Moss 
Point, and the great-grandson of the Honorable George Wood, who served as 
district attorney for Jackson County, MS and later as chancellor judge in the 
late 1800's. 

He served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. He returned home 
after the war to join with T.L. "Pete" Delashment, Jr. to run the Moss Point 
Insurance Agency, a company started by their fathers. 

He married his high school sweetheart, Charlotte Ryder. Their marriage lasted 
for over 60 years until her death in 2005. 

Bert Wood was vitally interested in Moss Point and Jackson County, serving on 
numerous boards and committees dedicated to the improvement of the area. He was 
very instrumental in obtaining the federal funds for the Escatawpa River Bridge 
and for the widening of Main Street in Moss Point. He served for several years 
on the board of directors for Hancock Bank. He was an active member of Moss 
Point Presbyterian Church for many years, and more recently a member of First 
Presbyterian Church of Pascagoula, Miss. 

As evidence of his devotion to the city and county, he was awarded the Lifetime 
Community Service Award by the Young Men's Business Club in 1995. Whenever one 
of us nephews or nieces returned home for a visit, he went out of his way to 
entertain us with a fishing trip, a boat ride or a seafood dinner with his 
special gumbo. He was more like a brother to us rather than an uncle. He was a 
very caring man who loved his family and his community, according to Dr. Gene 
Wood of Jackson, Miss. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte Ryder Wood; his parents; his 
brothers, George P. Wood Jr. and Gregory Wood; and sister, Mary Edwina Wood 
Chappell. 

A graveside service will be held at Griffin Cemetery of Moss Point with Rev. 
Maynor of Birmingham officiating. 



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