John Edward Wood

Obituary For John Edward Wood

Funeral service for John Wood, 67, of Lafayette, AL, will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 14, 2025, at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, 3075 County Road 147, Wadley, AL, 36276 with interment in the church cemetery, Reverend Douglas Jones, Pastor and Reverend Calvin Trammell, Eulogist.

Mr. Wood, who passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama, was born December 13, 1957, in Randolph County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Sunday, July 13, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

He leaves to cherish his memory: parents, Mary (James) Turner of Five Points, AL; a devoted companion, Ruby Whitlow of Lafayette, AL; six children, Tiffany (Jason) Bell of Opelika, AL, Jessica (Gabriel) Lockhart of Lafayette, AL, Kristen McGowan (Demetric Wilson) of Oxford, AL, Marcus Whitlow, LaCourtney Williams both of Lafayette, AL and Jacorey Williams of Piedmont, AL; two sisters, Dr. Gloria Wood of Land O’ Lakes, FL and Jennifer Wood of Birmingham, AL; step-brother, Eddie Turner of Roanoke, AL; two step-sisters, Pamela Turner of LaGrange, GA and Tammy (Jerico) Floyd of Lanett, AL; one aunt, Catherine Dennis of Nashville, TN; one uncle, Hubert Staples of Chicago, IL; one sister-in-law, Sharon Elaine Wood of Alexander City, AL; one niece, Crystal (Steven) Buchanan of Nashville, TN; bonus children, Pamela (Terrance) Holloway, Tameka (Maurice) Whitlow, Latricia (Michael) Whitlow, Kelvin (Jackquline) Whitlow and Courtney (Aldrianna) Whitlow; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, cousins, great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives and friends.