Ms. Lena Mae Cantrell Wood

(Jan. 5, 1917 - May 28, 2011)

     Lena Mae Cantrell Wood, age 94, of Hamilton, Alabama, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011 at her residence.

Funeral service, 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 30, 2011, at Hamilton First United Methodist Church, Hamilton, Alabama.  Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m., at the church and until time of service.  The body to Lie-in-State 12:00 - 2:00 p.m., at the church prior to the funeral.  Howard Johnson officiating.  Burial in Cedar Tree Cemetery at Hackleburg, Alabama.

Ms. Wood was born January 5, 1917, in Marion County, Alabama, to the late Oliver Clifton and Lula Nix Cantrell.  She was a Homemaker.

She is survived by 2 sons, George Randal (Rebecca) Wood and Oliver Frederick (Paula) Wood; 1 daughter, Andra Jacquelyn (James) Burleson; 4 grandsons, Michelle Burleson (Nick) Belovsky, Rachel Wood (Jeremy) Streetman, and Leah Wood (Bart) Hyche; 2 great-grandsons, Jack Wood and Anderson Streetman; 5 great-granddaughters, Caroline Belovsky, Riley Burleson, Emma Belovsky, Shea Wood, and McKenzie Hyche; 1 brother, O.C. (Vera) Cantrell; 2 sisters, Jean (Eugene) Pritchett, and Frankie (Sterling) Pritchett; and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Jackson Wood; 1 son, Barry Richard Wood; her parents, Oliver Clifton and Lula Nix Cantrell; 2 brothers, Jim Cantrell and Cecil Cantrell; and 1 sister, Mattie Lou Cleveland.

Aseracare Caregivers, Linda Quinn, Nancy Jones, Nelda Harrison, and Renae Rea.

Pall Bearers, Lance Wood, Michael Burleson, Clark Wood, Jack Wood, Nick Belovsky, Jeremy Streetman, and Bart Hyche. 

Hamilton Funeral Home directing, 518 Bexar Ave., P.O. Box 274, Hamilton, AL. 205-921-3197 - Fax: 205-921-3790.
Hackleburg Funeral Home - P.O. Box 169, Hackleburg, AL. 35564 - 205-935-3854 - Fax: 205-921-3790.

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