Clifton Wood
Clifton Moreece Wood, 83, of Apison, Tennessee, died on Monday, March 16, 2020, at home due to complications related to advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
He was born on Sept. 28, 1936, in Rainsville, Al., to parents, James and Dorothy Wood. He was a business man owning several businesses such as Handyman Construction and Cliff Wood Realty. He also owned a used car dealership.
Cliff was a good husband and father and always a gentleman. A good provider, he was a man of “ways and means”.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Barbara Trammell Wood; brother, Don Wood; and parents, James and Dorothy Wood.
Cliff is survived by his wife, Shirley Wood and her children Michelle (Sam) Walker, Abingdon, VR, and Rick Prater, Rossville; his children, Brian Wood, Apison, Sherri Bales, and Susan Wood, (Margo Paraska) all of Chattanooga; his grandchildren, Jeremy (Allie) Bales, Franklin, TN, and Jonathan (Hannah) Bales, Fort Oglethorpe; sisters, Ruth (Jack) Wooten, LaBelle (Orville) Mayberry, both of Chickamauga, and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Graveside services will be held on Thursday, March 19, at 3:30 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Visit www.heritagechattanooga.com to share condolences to the family and view Cliff’s memorial tribute.
Due to the current health crisis, the family will have a brief visitation on Thursday from 1-3 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road.