WOOD (VETERAN), MELVILLE SHERMAN "MEL" - Washington County, Arkansas | MELVILLE SHERMAN "MEL" WOOD (VETERAN) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Melville Sherman "Mel" WOOD (VETERAN)

Farmington Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

November 25, 1927 - April 28, 2005

*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Sunday, May 1, 2005

SPRINGDALE — Melvin "Mel" Sherman Wood, 77, of Springdale died April 28, 2005, at Northwest Medical Center of Washington County in Springdale. He was born Nov 25, 1927, in Fayetteville to Sherman and Iris Osborne Wood. He married Betty Jo Crank on Feb. 7, 1948. He was a member of the Charity Baptist Church of Rogers, where he was an ordained deacon, Sunday school teacher, greeter and head usher. He worked at the University of Arkansas in the maintenance and mechanical department.

Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, Gary Sherman Wood and wife DeLee, of Clark, Wyo.; a daughter, Karen Wood King and husband Jim of Bixby, Okla.; four brothers, Delmer Wood and Paul Wood, both of Tulsa, Okla., Tom Wood of Coweta, Okla., Lonnie Wood of Broken Arrow, Okla.; six sisters, Flo Wilkins, Jeannie Lindsey and Debra Wright, all of Fayetteville, Olga Marrs of Broken Arrow, Lavoyce Little of Owasso, Okla., Joan Marie Flannery of Branson, Mo.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Springdale with Pastor John Nauman officiating. Burial will be in the Farmington Cemetery with military honors by Bella Vista Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9063.

Pallbearers will be Ryan King, Nikolos King, Jeremiah Wood, Matt James, Shane Wood, Paul Wayne Wood and Mike Wood.

Contributed on 5/15/21 by wfields55
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Submitted: 5/15/21 • Approved: 5/22/21 • Last Updated: 5/25/21 • R1374001-G0-S3

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