Dallas County, Arkansas

Mrs. Pearl Gill Wood, age 82, of Marshall. Tex., and Omak, Washington, died Tuesday, Oct. 10. She was a former resident of Fordyce and was the widow of the late Edmond Wood. She was also a member of the Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church near Bucksnort.
Her survivors include three sons, Elbert Wood of Kauffman, Tex., Floyd Wood of Marshall, Tex., and Bob Wood of Ft. Worth; five daughters, Mrs. Bernice Mann of Marshall, Mrs. Lillian Mills and Mrs. Marie Harvey of Omak, Mrs. Mary Gelvin of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Burton Johnson of Lono; one brother, Edgar Gill of Fordyce; five sisters, Mrs. Ethel Meece Berryhill, Mrs. Bertha Hearne, Mrs. Meecie Williams, Mrs Alta Beasley, Mrs. Mattie Sisson, all of Fordyce; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Marshall at 2:00 pm by the Sullivant Funeral Home. Graveside services and burial will be Friday, Oct. 14 in Omak.
(1978 Obit in Fordyce Newspaper)

(Obituary provided by Ilene Jeffers)