Mary Lois Wood, age 87, of Duncanville, died November 29, 2020 at DCH Regional Medical Center. A Private Chapel service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 5 at Memory Hill Gardens with Rev. Gene Dockery officiating.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Deroy Wood; her mother, Itura Strickland Burroughs; father, Kinnie Burroughs; 8 brothers and 2 sisters.
Survivors include daughters Marilyn Roberts (Tim) of Coker, and Helen Hagel (John) of Duncanville; son Larry Wood (Donna) of Lakeland, FL; 8 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren and a brother, Joe Burroughs.
She was a resident of the Duncanville community for over 60 years and a member of Gilgal Baptist Church. She dedicated her life to raising and caring for many generations of her family and was dearly loved by all of them. She loved to cook and garden and excelled at both. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. William Alldredge and the nurses and staff of the ICU at DCH.