Gary Lynn Hood

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 at Ashville First Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 11:00am until the time service at 1:00pm. A graveside service will follow at Reeves Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Freddy Keener and Rev. Nathan Daniels to officiate.

To know Gary was to love Him. If you were around him any length of time you would find out about his love for the Lord and for his family. He was a loving husband, a dedicated Daddy, and joyful PawPaw. If there was ever a need of help, Gary would be there. From serving breakfast to the football team on Fridays during the Fall, to teaching Sunday School, to renovating his old home church to ensure its preservation, to helping friends with yard work, to working a shower trailer with his wife after a disaster in another state, to serving on mission trips, to spending hours helping his girls with their various home projects and spending time with his 4 grandchildren - Gary was not about to turn down an opportunity to help or serve - especially if it meant someone might hear about his loving Savior, Jesus. Gary has spent most of his life preaching and teaching the Gospel. He has left a great legacy to his family and they are forever grateful for having him in their lives.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roston and Louise Hood; and sister, Shirley McCord.

Gary is survived by his wife, Jo Ella Hood; daughters, Angela (Shane) Montgomery and Kimberly (Lance) Anderson; grandchildren, Jenna and Macy Montgomery and Caleb and Noah Anderson; and brother, Mike Hood.

Pallbearers will be Shane Montgomery, Lance Anderson, Rick Deweese, Wayne Sorrell, Jim Garrard, Dick Richardson, Cooper Pohlman and David Riley.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations be made to one of Gary’s many ministries that he was involved, the St. Clair Baptist Association for the Disaster Relief Ministry at https://stcba.org (specify Disaster Relief in notes).