PHILIPP — Lucille Hood, age 101, passed away Friday, March 27, at North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville.
Graveside services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery in the Paynes Community near Charleston.
She was born on June 13, 1918 in Lafayette County and was the daughter of the late James Robert Ruby and Bessie Morgan Ruby.
Lucille worked as a bus driver and a cafeteria worker for the school system. She was a member Philipp Baptist Church.
Lucille was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Howard Lamar Hood; two daughters, Minnie Rebecca Hood and Nellie Mitchell; and three sons, Billy Hood, Donald Hood and Fred Hood.
She is survived by one son, James Ernest Hood of Coldwater; three sisters, Lou Ella Pennington of Memphis, Estelle Howard of Texas and Juanita Wooten of Batesville; one brother, Royce Clayton Ruby of Harmontown; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
On-line condolences may be made on our website at www.nfhgrenada.com.
Mortimer National Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
