Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: Violet Ellen Wood ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: patti pennington ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from page 5 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - December 28, 1999 Obituaries WOOD Services are December 29, at 8th and Grand Church of Christ for Violet Ellen Wood of 922 S. Roselawn. Wood, 77, died on December 25 in Artesia. Interment will follow at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. She was born on June 10, 1922, in Hope, NM, to Walter C. Stone and Josie Ellen (McCabe) Stone. She married Joe T. Wood on March 30, 1940, in Carlsbad, NM. She is survived by her husband, Joe T. Wood of the family home; sons Tommy Wood, wife Delores, of Prescott, Iowa, Billy Joe Wood of Artesia and Kenneth Wayne Wood, wife Kathy, of Artesia; daughters Sheryl Clark, husband Charles, and Josie Ellen Van Curen, Husband, Rusty, all of Artesia; sisters Jean McIntosh of California and Opal Jackson, husband Carroll, of Hagerman, NM; 18 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Carolyn Sue Trujillo; six brothers; and two sisters. (Photo shown of Wood)