Bessie Wood

Waynesville-Bessie Smathers Wood, age 81, of 152 Tate Street, Apt. 1, died Thursday, October 7, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Haywood County and had lived in Miami and Northport Florida before moving back to Haywood County five years ago. She was the daughter of the late William Rufus and Bertha Inez Derrick Smathers. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Dustin J. Wood; two sisters, Carene Lewis and Mildred Medford; and three brothers, Rufus Eugene, William Kenneth, and Willis Franklin "Bud" Smathers. She is survived by five sisters, Dorothy Clark, Phyllis Roper, Marjorie Stamey, and Judy Smathers, all of Waynesville, and Patricia Nix of Canton; one brother, Gordon Smathers of Waynesville; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 9, 2004 at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park with Reverend Paul Carden officiating. Memorials may be made to Haywood Regional Medical Center Hospice, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721 or the American Cancer Society, 90 Stiles Road, Canton, NC 28716. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements.

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