Evelyn Clifford Wood's Obituary
Life Legacy
PERRY-Evelyn Clifford Wood, 82, went home to be with her Savior on Sunday, December 18, 2016. She was born in Dooly County on August 17, 1934, and attended school in Byromville, Georgia, until age 11 when her family moved to Houston County. She then attended school in Bonaire and Perry, graduating from Perry High School with the Class of 1954. She was afflicted with Rheumatic Fever in her early childhood and suffered after effects of this disease for most of her life. She worked through most of her adult life in day care centers as a private party baby sitter as she loved children and cared deeply for those whom she provided care. A devout Christian, she loved her Church family at Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist Church near Houston Lake and her family of seven brothers and sisters. As a young adult, Evelyn was active in the Heard Community in the Heard Home Demonstration Club along with her mother, Addie Wood. Both enjoyed doing arts and craft projects. In her spare time, Evelyn loved listening to music from her extensive tape, record, and CD libraries. She also enjoyed crossword puzzles. She had significant compassion for those less fortunate than she and enjoyed several pen pals throughout the country.She was preceded in death by her father, James Daniel Wood, and mother, Addie Walton Wood, of Kathleen; two brothers, Daniel Edwin Wood and David Monroe Wood; and four sisters, Susie Myrtle Wood Marshall, Iris Ruth Wood Simmons, Eleanor Lucille Wood Bledsoe, and Bernice Lorene Wood Jones. She is survived by a brother, Walton Wood, and his wife, Becky, of Kathleen. Also left to cherish her memories are nieces, Shelby Wood Arnold (Thomas), Annette Wood Tucker (Richard), Sandra Wood Adkins (Joeddie), Emily Simmons Wagner (Gary), Keri Simmons Turbeville (Jeff), and Kathy Simmons Moss (Hank); nephews, Sidney Bledsoe (Peggy), Danny Bledsoe (Janice), Frank Bledsoe, Eugene Simmons (Michelle), David Simmons, and Daniel Simmons. Many great-nieces and -nephews will also miss her loving smile and warm personality as will cousins and many friends.Services will be held on Monday, December 26, 2016, Graveside at 11:00 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in Perry. Elder Franklin Bryant of Danville will officiate. The family will visit with friends before and after services at the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully suggests memorial contributions to Beaver Creek Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Charles White, 111 Glen Oaks Road, Perry, GA 31069, or to Heart of Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge Drive, Warner Robins, GA 31088, or to the donor's favorite childcare program.The family is eternally grateful to Dr. A. Soundappan, the staff at Summerhill Senior Living Center, and to the nurses at Heart of Georgia Hospice for the care and compassion given to our sweet and loving Evelyn during the last two and a half years of her life.Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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