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Obit of Jesse William Hood - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   SandKatC@aol.com  5 Apr 2000
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The Verden News
March 24, 1916


Jesse William Hood was born in Franklin, Macon county, N. C. Feb. 11, 
1884 and died in Tempe, Ariz. March 9, 1916, age 32 years and 27 days. 
His early life was spent in his home state. When fourteen years of age 
he united with the Methodist church and lived a consistent Christian 
life.

He came to Verden in 1908 and spent several years here on the farm. 
During the years he spent here he had his home with Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
Love and they, perhaps, knew him better than anyone else here. They 
always treated him as one of their own family. A man who knew Mr. Hood 
well stated a few days ago that this young fellow had more friends than 
any man that had ever lived in Verden.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge here and took his Master Mason 
degree Sept. 14, 1909. He was also a member of the Eastern Star. The 
last year he was here his health failed to such an extent that he was 
compelled to leave so he went to the University hospital at Oklahoma 
City, Aug. 23, 1914. He was married to Miss Lola Addington, Nov. 28, 
1914. At this time he was in bed and had no hopes of ever getting well, 
but Miss Addington's love and devotion was so great that she desired to 
spend her entire time taking care of him and was glad to take him to a 
climate where he could recuperate. So she took him to Tempe, Arizona, 
where he lived about a year. Just before his death he requested that he 
be brought to Verden for burial and that Rev. P. T. McWhorter who per
formed his marriage ceremony preach his funeral sermon and that the 
Masons of Verden Lodge have charge of the services at the grave.

He is survived by a wife and two brothers, one of the brothers living in 
Oklahoma City and the other living in Matoaka, W. Va.

Some day we shall see him face to face and then we shall understand. May 
God bless the sorrowing Ones.

A. B. Waldrep


Submitted by Sandi Carter