Heaven gained a beautiful angel on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 when Beulah Patrick Wood, 90, went to her eternal home.
Born February 12, 1925, to Edgar E. and Della Moretz Patrick, she was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wilbur S. Wood in 1982, a grandson Dave Dickens, in 1968, her sister Mary Patrick Shaw and her brothers, Edgar, Jr., John and James Patrick.
She married the love of her life on December 24, 1940 and was a stay-at-home mom until her children were in high school. She started her career in sales at Cato’s, then Baldwins Department Store and retired at age 77 from J. C. Penney’s.
At age 15, she accepted Christ as her savior and was a faithful member of the Roanoke Rapids Church of God. She served in several different capacities-Sunday School teacher, choir member and benevolent committee member. She took great joy in visiting nursing homes and hospitals ministering to the sick until her health started declining. Her walk with Jesus was evident in everything that she did. She was a sweet, kind, compassionate person who never met a stranger.
Surviving are her daughter, Judy Wood dickens and her husband Henry, son, Sammy Wood and his wife Nancy all of Roanoke Rapids, her granddaughter Christy Wood Loyd and her husband Patrick of Leland, NC and her brother, Jack B. Patrick of Roanoke Rapids. Also several special Patrick and Wood nieces and nephews along with special friends Nettie May and George Gray.
Services will be held Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Roanoke Rapids Church of God (W 10th St.) at 2:30 P.M. the family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church and other times at the home of Henry and Judy Dickens. Burial will follow at Crestview Memorial Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Roanoke Rapids Church of God, 1017 Rapids Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.
Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service is handling arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.