Obituary

OLTON - Viola Wood, 98, of Olton passed away Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, in Lubbock. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Center Plains Cemetery in Cotton Center, Texas, with Mr. Cary Branscum, grandson-in-law, officiating. Arrangements are under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Visitation will be from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Viola was born Aug. 19, 1912, to J.C. and Della Harris in Erath County, Texas, where she grew up and attended schools. She married Arthur William "A.W." Wood on Sept. 6, 1930, in Paducah, Texas. They lived in Olton and Cotton Center before moving to Greenwood, Ark., in the early 1970s. She was a cook and served in the food industry off and on her whole life. She moved back to Olton in 2001 and resided in Running Water Draw Care Center for the last several years. She was a member of the Church of Christ. Viola was preceded in death by her husband, A.W. Wood; one daughter, Ona Marie Wood; two sons, Joe Wood and Don Wood; two grandsons, Scott Bryant and Jon Keith Bryant; two brothers; and two sisters. She is survived by her daughter, Charlotte Tucker and husband Carlis of Earth, Texas; one sister, Gladys Wood of Olton, Texas; special families of the heart, Duane and Jo Anna Tucker of Bayfield, Colo., and Don and Marita Barnett of Edmond, Okla.; six grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to Running Water Draw Care Center, P.O. Box 409, Olton, TX 79064.