Loyd Wood

Biography

Loyd Wood, 75, of DeSoto passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at a Dallas hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2011, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Hillsboro with Mr. Glen MacDonald officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro.

Loyd was born and raised in Hillsboro. A true country boy, he was the youngest of seven children born to Ada and James Wood. Loyd was also a twin to his brother, Floyd, who recently passed in 2010. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Loyd loved his family and friends to no end. To him, friends were like his family, and both loved him in return. Always the first to volunteer to help, or assist those in need, Loyd was dependable to the very end. He even passed from this life while working at Wal-Mart, where he had many, many friends who will miss him very much. If you needed a ride, Loyd was available if you needed a side dish for a family gathering, Loyd would bring his green beans of which he was famous.

He loved his family, his friends, country music, and country food in that order. Blue grass to be specific. The older and more traditional style of country music was his favorite. Musicians such as Hank Snow, Lester Flatt, and Bill Monroe were some of his favorites. Nashville was one of his favorite places to visit not only because of its link to country music but to family as well. His love of food was for anything chicken fried and fresh country vegetables. Bread was required and was present at every meal. If the music was country and the food was country, then for him, life was heaven on earth.

Loyd had a limited education background but a wealth of knowledge that he learned from life itself. He was very fond of recalling family history that went back to the days of the Civil War in Tennessee. If you wanted to talk about ‘the good old days’, Loyd was the one for you. He loved old things, such as antiques, old music, old cars, and old movies. He was a big fan of the golden age of Hollywood and it’s glamour years. He would tell you details about any past Hollywood star, or the best years that Ford and Chevrolet manufactured their cars in the 1940's and 1950's. He could give you details about the Wood family tree that others never knew or would want to know.

He was a tireless worker and devoted employee wherever he worked. His work career took him from living in Hillsboro to Frito Lay in Irving, to DFW Airport, to Wal-Mart. Every place he worked, Loyd was a favorite amongst the employees and supervisors. Always cheerful, happy, and the first one to laugh and have a good time wherever he was. Loyd could laugh with young or old, from 15 to 95, there was no age limit to those Loyd could interact with.

A devoted son, brother, uncle, or in-law, Loyd’s greatest gift was his love for his family. His love knew no bounds even to those who married into his extended family. Like a clock, he would call his closest family members on a regular basis or drop in at a moment’s notice. To the very end, even the night before he passed, Loyd was calling family just to ‘check in’ to see how things were.

These days, there are fewer people who lived life and who was as devoted to family as Loyd was devoted to his. We can all say that we have been blessed with his life in our lives and will miss him very much. We will miss his laughter, his happiness, his positive attitude, all of which is in such short supply these days. We loved him and wished there had been more opportunities to tell him as much, but for Loyd just being a part of the family was enough for him.

Loyd loved and he was loved by many. Like the old song says, ‘our love is here to stay’.

Preceding him in death were his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.

Loyd is survived by his sister, Katherine Curry and husband, Audley, of Houston; several nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews; and great-great nieces and nephews.