Hood, James K.

Passed:

Age: 72

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1935-12-13

Information: [first part of obituary was missing on the microfilm]  .........the job until last week when illness forced him off, one of the few times during his span of life to be away from his post.  Honest, upright and industrious, he will be mourned by thousands of friends who knew, loved and respected him in life.  He would have been 73 years old next month.  He was born January 15, 1863.  When a young man he was united in marriage with Ida Lee Greer and she and the following children survive:  Clyde Hood of New York; Mrs. Irene Bitting, Clerk Hood, Mrs. Isabel Crites, all of Ripley; Mrs. Marion Tilley of Welch; Mrs. Helen Rhodes of Cottageville, and Mrs. Virginia Lee Casto of Nitro.  He was a member of the Methodist church and had been for many years.  The active pall bearers selected by members of the family for the funeral services this afternoon are:  Charles George and Ted Hood; Hanscal Roy and Rube Stone; C. F. Ong and Hobart McGrew.  The honorary pall bearers will be J. B. Gilbert, S. G. Starcher, Allen A. Skidmore, C. E. Flesher, B. S. Schwarz, M. C. Archer, J. M. Prickett, A. W. Ferguson, J. E. Keenan, Sattis Simmons, T. E. Rymer, E. L. Cross, V. L. Casto, J. Howard Smith, George W. Simmons, S. B. Sayre and J. A. Shinn.  The funeral was planned for Thursday afternoon, but the son, Clyde Hood, who is in New York, had encountered stormy weather on his trip home and the plans were changed last Wednesday to enable the son to get here for the funeral services.  [from the Betty Kessel McIntyre collection]