Frances Lucille Hood, 100, of Summerville, Georgia, died on Friday, November 28, 2014, at Pruitt Healthcare of Rome.
Mrs. Hood was born Feb. 17, 1914, in Summerville, Ga., daughter of the late Joshua “Buey” and Pauline Thurman McConnell. She was a homemaker and a member of the Teloga Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday School Teacher for 30 years.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hood was preceded in death by her, husband Ray Hood, brother, J. D. McConnell; sister, Sarah Cohen; and a grandson, Ronnie Payton.
Mrs. Hood is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, James M. “Jimmy” and Carol Hood, Bobby Joe and Jackie Hood, Steven Dale and Mary Hood; daughters and son-in-law, Doris Ray Smith, Mary Mac Payton, Carolyn Elizabeth and Ron Thomas; grandchildren, Gary and Janet Payton, Karen and Phil Garrett, Angie Tanner, B. J. Hood, Marcia and Will Thompson, Chip and Beth Hood, Britt and LeeAnn Canada, Dale Hood, Stephanie and Brian Harris, Stephen Hood; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hood will be held on Sunday, Nov. 30, at 3 p.m. at the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. David Hunter officiating. Interment will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be her grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Teloga Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hood will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2 p.m. until the service hour on Sunday.