Merl Hood

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Merl Hood, 82, of Tyronza died September 15, 2018 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro. She was a wonderful, nurturing mother and caregiver for people in need.

She was a homemaker that loved to sew, grow a garden, cook and prepare for her family. She was a woman of strong faith that was always at church when the doors were open.

She loved her family with a passion stronger than words can speak of. She loved to shop and she loved Christmas and Thanksgiving gatherings, but most of all she loved her Lord Jesus Christ. Mrs. Hood was born January 17, 1936 in Waterloo, Alabama to Frank William and Maudie Strickland Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers Samp Smith, Rex Smith, Earl Smith and Dick Smith, two sisters Minnie Brown and Shirley Ward.

She is survived by her husband Billy Hood of Tyronza, two sons Michael (Teresa) Hood of Tyronza and David (Rhonda) Hood of Marion, four daughters Brenda (Don Jerry) Person of Marked Tree, Patricia Hood, Linda (Nick) Boston and Recia Hood of Tyronza, one brother Clarence Smith of Marked Tree, three sisters Elsie Witt of Tyronza, Helen Turner of Payneway and Edna Davis of Trumann, ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren. Visitation was Monday, September 17, 2018 from 6-8 p.m. at Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza. Funeral will be Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 2 p.m. at Upper Room Apostolic Church in Tyronza with burial immediately following at Tyronza Cemetery in Tyronza. Bro. Dewayne Johnson is officiating. Wilson Funeral Home in Tyronza is in charge.