W. T. WOOD

1875-1929

*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
Tom Wood Succumbs to Injuries In Car Wreck

A locked wheel, or some other unknown car trouble, was the probable cause of the death last Friday of Tom Wood, local plumbing contractor, and one of the best known and best liked citizens of the community.

Mr. Wood was driving to Amarillo on business Thursday morning of last week and when about a half mile east of the second turn in the road beyond Umbarger his car suddenly swerved across the road to the left and plunged into the ice and snow-filled ditch. The car turned over completely and Mr. Wood's head was crushed under it. He was picked up by a couple of Clovis men enroute to Amarillo and carried to Canyon, where emergency medical aid was given. Mrs. Wood and her cousin, Earl, went to Canyon and brought him back home about 3:00 p.m. in the Black ambulance. He lingered until 2:05 Friday morning and local physicians were hopeful until within a few moments of his death that he would pull through. But he took a sudden turn for the worse and died very suddenly.

Funeral services were held from the First Christian church Saturday, February 16, at 10:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. V.M. Cloyd, assisted by the Rev. J.W. Boultinghouse. The body was buried in the Hereford cemetery, the pall bearers being Cliff Hicks L.A. Ray, Lee Lambert, A.H. Streu, J.D. Buchtnan, J.C. McMahon, Judge Jno. P. Slaton and Ezra Norton.

William Thomas Wood was born in Middle Tennessee, in 1875, and came to Texas about 1890. For a time he lived in Coryell county, but moved to Hereford in 1906. His first marriage occurred in 1909, his wife dying in 1922. In 1925 he married Miss May Bugg, of Electra, Texas. He was the father of four children by his first wife. The elder child, Billy, died in 1918 [sic], but the other three children survive him; Freda, age 11; John, age 9, and Bobby, age 6. He is also survived by his wife, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. (Dad) Wood, of Ponca City, Okla.; two brothers and five sisters. J.P. Wood of Hereford is his uncle. Two of his sisters, Miss Lula Wood of Ponca City, and Mrs. Kate McKan of Cordell, Oklahoma, formerly lived here. His parents and a brother, Ernest Wood, of Crosbyton, Texas, were also former citizens of Hereford. Mr. Wood was a member of the Christian church and conducted a plumbing business here for many years. He leaves a host of friends who mourn his tragic and untimely end.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 29th Year-Number 6., Hereford, Texas, Thursday, February 21, 1929, Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965
Name: W. T. Wood
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1909
Marriage Place: Coryell, Texas, USA
Spouse: Cora Lee Tucker
Film Number: 000984714

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: William Thomas Wood
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1875
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Spouse: Cora Ect Wood

Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Tom Wood
Death Date: 15 Feb 1929
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 9582

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Tom Wood
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 53
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1875
Birth Place: Tennessee
Death Date: 15 Feb 1929
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: J R Wood
Mother: Southall

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