This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wood, Plemmons, Moon, Van Volkinburg, Teague, Vandagriff Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2893 Message Board Post: Funeral service for John H. Wood were held Friday afternoon in the Reydon community building, Rev. Sam Kilpatrick and Rev. Horace Woodard had charge of the services. Burial was in the White Rose cemetery, Redyon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Scroggins Funeral Home of Cheyenne. Mr. Wood passed away at the Cheyenne hospital, Wednesday December 19, 1956 where he had been for several years. John H. Wood was a pioneer of the Reydon community and one of the outstanding citizens of Roger Mills County. He was a person who took a decided stand on any issue and stood firmly upon his convictions of right and wrong. Capable of strong friendships, he was one upon whom friend could rely. Mr. Wood was a person whose character of honesty and integerity was without belmish. In the passing of John H. Wood, Roger Mills County has lost a stalwart pioneer, but his influcence will live on for years to come. John Henry Wood, the son of T.F. Wood and Susie Ann Wood, was born October 27, 1868, at Ashville, North Carolina, and departed this life December 19, 1956 at the age of 88 years, one month and 23 days. He was united in marriage to Maggie Plemmons at Ashville in 1892. To this union was born ten children, Bertha Moon, Durham, Oklahoma, John M. Wood, Granite, Oklahoma, Dessie Van Volkinburg, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Mary Teague, Hoquiam, Washington, Mike Wood, Reydon, Oklahoma, and Susie Vandagriff, Artesia, New Mexico. His wife and four children preceded him in death. He homesteaded in Roger Mills County in 1901 and had made his home here since that time. He leaves to mourn his passing six children, 22 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, two sister, and a host of other relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok