Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wood, Alexander James (Jr) September 25, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 May 1, 2024, 4:24 pm Virginia Pilot September 27, 1966 A. J. Wood Jr., 83, Retired Official Alexander James Wood Jr., 83, of 2414 Colonial Ave., retired executive of Norfolk Tallow Co., died Sunday in a hospital. He retired in 1960 as general manager and assistant to the company president after 53 years with the firm. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A native of Norfolk, he was the husband of Mrs. Mary Gardner Wood and a son of Alexander James Wood Sr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Creekmore Wood. Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. F.T. Curotto of St. Louis, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. J.B. Sadler, Mrs. R.C. Hudgins and Miss Helen Wood of Norfolk and Mrs. J.F. French of Portsmouth; a brother, L.D. Wood of Norfolk; and six grandchildren. The body will be taken from H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for a funeral service Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. The rosary will be recited in the funeral apartments tonight at 7:30. ************************************************************************** WOOD, ALEXANDER JAMES, JR. - In a local hospital, Sunday, Alexander James Wood, Jr., husband of Mrs. Mary Gardner Wood and son of Alexander James and Mrs. Elizabeth Creekmore Wood, in the 84th year of his age. Remains will be taken from the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for services Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial, St. Mary's Cemetery. Rosary services in the funeral home Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Friends are invited. Virginia Pilot September 28, 1966 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/w/wood11197nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb