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Elder Wood was born in DeWitt County, Texas on March 22, 1899, and moved with his family to Glen Rose, Texas, at the age of nine months. He lived there until eighteen years old and moved to Wellington, Texas. He and Violet Neeley were married in 1924, and they moved back to Glen Rose in 1938. He was ordained deacon in 1930, and ordained as minister on the third Sunday in October 1933. His uncle, the late Elder J. S. Newman, was in his ordination. Elder Wood traveled and preached in several states, always upholding Bible principles and endeavoring for peace among God's people. After his ordination, Brother Wood pastored the Glen Rose Primitive Baptist Church. He has also pastored churches in Dallas and Corsicana and was publisher and editor of The Primitive Baptist Light for many years. Elder Wood passed away in an automobile accident on September 30, 1983, at the age of eighty-four years. Elders L. C. Swanner and N. W. Asbell officiated at the funeral of Brother Wood when he was buried at Post Oak Cemetery. He was preceded in death by a set of triplets in 1926, and a son in 1929. |
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