Obituary:  Ronald R. Wood, 1999
Source:  The Charlottesville Daily Progress 
Contributor:  Ronnie Fitzgerald <rkfitzgerald@ntelos.net>
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Ronald R. Wood
  The Honorable Sheriff Ronald R. Wood of Piney River died Tuesday Nov. 30, 
1999, at Lynchburg General Hospital.
  Born in Nelson County Sept. 6, 1937, he was a son of the late Edward D. 
and Helen Tyree Wood.
  Ronald came to the Sheriff’s Office of Nelson County as a volunteer in the 
1960s. He became a deputy in 1972, was elected sheriff in 1991 and re-elected 
in 1999 for his third consecutive term. He was a member of Piney River 
Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and trustee; a member of the 
Virginia Sheriffs Association; the Piney River Volunteer Fire Dept. and Board 
of Managers, and an avid supporter of the Ladies Auxiliary; a member of 
Tobacco Mountain Chitterling Club; the Massies Mill Ruritans; Nelson County 
Lions; and Crime Stoppers of Central Virginia. He was devoted to the citizens 
of Nelson County and his service and memory will be cherished by all who knew 
him.
  Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Patricia Massie Wood; three daughters, 
Shelia Wood, Susan Thompson and her husband, Billy, and Michelle Baldwin and 
her husband, Gary; three sisters, Lorene (Lokey) Massie of Lowesville, Regina 
Cash and her husband Lincoln, of Amherst and Lanice Campbell and her husband, 
Willie, of Hampton; two brothers, Billy Wood and his wife, Marie, and Carroll 
Wood and his wife, Kathy, all of Lowesville; three grandchildren, Hannah and 
Ethan Wood, and Kasey Thompson; and his mother-in-law, Zella Massie. In addition 
to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Kidd, and his 
father-in-law, T.J. (Jeff) Massie.
  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Piney River Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Dr. Michael R. Fitzgerald, the Rev. David Williamson and the 
Rev. William E. Dawson 11. Burial will follow in Jonesboro Cemetery.
  The family will receive friends from 6 to 10 p.m. this evening at the Piney 
River Volunteer Fire Dept. in Piney River.
  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the K-9 Fund, F&M 
Bank, P.O. box 297, Lovingston, Va.22949; the Piney River Volunteer Fire Dept., 
P.O. box 28, Piney River, Va.22964; the Roseland Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 39 
Roseland Va. 22967; or the Piney River Baptist Church Social Hall Fund c/o F. 
Campbell 3878 Lowesville Rd., Lowesville, Va. 22967. 
  Byrum-Parr Funeral Home of Roseland is in charge of arrangements.

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