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Ronnie L. Wood Sr.

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Ronnie L. Wood Sr., 75, of Clinton, Miss., formerly of Houston, passed away peacefully Sunday, August 26, 2018, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born February 16, 1943, in Anniston, Ala., a son of the late Curtis and Rachel Pope Wood.

A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Wood served his country with the Third Infantry Division in Germany during the 1960s.

He earned an associate’s degree in management from Allegheny County Community College in Pittsburgh and also took several classes at Mississippi State University.

Ronnie worked for 28 years at Cooper Power Systems in Canonsburg, then as a production manager for Cooper Lighting in Vicksburg, Miss., for three years. He retired from Lowe’s in Ridgeland, Miss., in 2016.

He attended St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Madison, Miss.

Mr. Wood never met a stranger. In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, he invited a family of 20 displaced people to his home while he and his wife, Brenda, volunteered for the American Red Cross.

He was an avid reader, loved to dance and traveled extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with family.

Surviving are his loving wife of 54 years, Brenda Cushey Wood; a daughter, Kristy Ann Frock of Clinton; two granddaughters, Maura Cotton (James) and Allison Paige Frock, both of Clinton; a great-granddaughter, Lydia Grace Cotton; a sister, Barbara Siskey of Oxford, Ala.; and many nieces and nephews.

Deceased are a son, Ronnie L. Wood Jr.; five brothers, L.C., Calvin, Hoyt, Elvin and Donald Wood; and three sisters, Lillian Kirk, Louise Cushey and Catherine Reeder.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in McIlvaine-Speakman Funeral Home Ltd., Robert K. McIlvaine, owner/supervisor, 27 Cherry Avenue, Houston, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, November 2. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray, with full military rites accorded by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191 Honor Guard, Canonsburg.

Condolences may be left by viewing the obituary at www.mcilvaine-speakman.com.

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