Jason, Richard Wood b. 26 Feb. 1906, d. 1 Oct 1998, wife Ruth Eller, was son of Robert Cornelius Wood b. 14 Apr. 1884, d. 28 Dec 1952 and Mollie Oma Shepherd. Obit. of Richard Wood 1 Oct 1998, states surs. wife Ruth, 2 sons Richard ReubinWood and Leroy Thomas Wood. 2 sis. Hazel Anderson and Helen Elledge.4 gch, 7 ggch. Funeral held at Hiltop Bapt. Church, do not know if he was buried there, his parents and other family members are bur. at Fairplaines Bapt. Church, his father live right across the hwy, from Fairplaines Bapt.next to Miller Funeral Home on Hwy 18. Obit. sates Richard lived in Mt. View, retired from Holly Farms. He was my first cousin, once removed. Ruth Eller was dau of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Eller. Ruth an Richard were m.4 Aug 1935, at Fairplaines, by O.B. Maybery, Bapt. Min. Witt: E. E. Bauguess, Alma Shepherd. Robert Cornelius Wood was son of Finley Wood and Emeline Blackburn, Finley was son of Reubin Wood and Nellie Johnson. I believe you are familiar with this line. Richard's father owned a large lumber yard and had sawmill operations all over eastern part of Wilkes Co. He employed most of his sons and many other young men back in the 1930's and 40's. A lot of the employees boarded with him and his sons. Jean Reynolds ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Duncan" <jmduncan@statesville.net> To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: [NCWILKES] Richard Wood and Ruth Eller > Looking for information on the family of Richard Wood and his wife Ruth > Eller. They were living in North Wilkesboro in the 1930s and 1940s. My > grandfather Roy Duncan lived with them about 1940, and until he entered > the Army in 1941. > > Jason Duncan > http://www.webjmd.com > > > --- > [Pre-scanned for viruses by Internet America.] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message