Graveside services for Mary Ellen Wood, 89, of Fairview Alpha, LA will be held at 10 A.M. Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Bethany Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. Monday, June 15, 2020 at Rockett-Nettles Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wood was born February 28, 1931 in Coushatta, LA and passed away June 14, 2020. Mrs. Wood was a religious lady who was dedicated to her faith and her church, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was also a very loving and caring person who cherished her friends. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, L.J. Wood; son, Willie Lee Wood; daughter, Clara Suggs and husband, Mike; one grandchild, Robert “Bobby” Hutson, Jr.; one great-grandchild, Zachary Williams.

Mrs. Wood is survived by her daughter, Trudy Hutson and husband, Bob; eight grandchildren: Barbara Heard, Jeffrey Suggs and wife Christy, Sondra Arnold and husband Morris, Duke Williams and Sunday, Brenda Breshers, Elizabeth and Michael Sparks, Matthew Hutson and wife Milissa, and Christi Hutson; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jess Alan Waltz, Joshua Waltz, Michael Lemoine, David Hutson, Marc Loveridge, Michael Sparks, Dylan Marr, and Josh Phillips. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Sparks, Ethan Hutson, Trey Hutson, and Norman Moreland.