Northampton-Halifax County NcArchives Obituaries.....Wood, William Whitier 1935
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 04-12-1935, P. 8
WILLIAM WHITIER WOOD

   Funeral services for William Whitier Wood, esteemed citizen of Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C., were held from his residence Tuesday afternoon, April 9, interment 
following in the Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.

   Mr. Wood was born at Garysburg, N.C., in 1862, the son of the late Spier 
Whitier Wood, a lieutenant in the Confederacy during the War Between the States, 
and Mrs. Adna Francis Gary Wood of Garysburg and Wood’s Plantation in 
Northampton County.

   In early life he married Miss Rosa Edwards of Northampton County who survives 
him. Of this union there were seven children, six of whom survive him. He is 
also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Sallie R. Edwards, Mrs. Ernest DeLoatche and 
Mrs. R.E. Barrett of Boykins, Mrs. L.L. Maddrey of Franklin and Mrs. H. 
Relchling of Lynnhaven and a brother, M.R. Wood of Miami, Florida.

   Mr. Wood was an active government employee until ill health forces his 
retirement a few months ago and he represents one of the oldest and most 
prominent families in North Carolina.


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