Kathleen Margaret Wood

Kathleen Margaret Dicks Wood was born on the family farm in southern Columbia County.  She graduated from Mason School in 1954 and married her childhood sweetheart, David Gerald Wood, in 1956.  They enjoyed 64 blessed years of marriage. She had worked as a hair stylist, seamstress, and sewing factory supervisor. She volunteered with Haven Hospice for nine years. 
She loved the Lord and her family with all her heart.  She was an excellent seamstress and made a plethora of clothes and costumes for her family. Kathleen was an incredible cook and loved to make people smile when she shared her baked treats.  She served the Lord in many capacities…nursery, children’s ministry, youth ministry, and cooking all truly focused on loving God by loving others.
In addition to her parents, Edgar Julian Dicks and Fannie Rogers Dicks, she is predeceased by brothers Cledas and Clifford Dicks, sister Geneva Dicks, and great-grandson Wyatt Lang Miller.
She is survived by daughters Deborah Gail Miller and her husband Don, and Brenda Flanagan and her husband John, all of Lulu; grandchildren: Jeremy Miller (Melissa), Garrett Miller (Tifanie), Keith Holloway (Samantha), Adam Holloway (Ashley), Tyler Flanagan, and Hailey Giamarino; six greatgrandchildren Tanner Miller, Sadie Miller; Jennifer Holloway, Aden Holloway, ArborAnn Holloway, and Andy Holloway.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wood will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, November 7, 2022 at Hopeful Baptist Church with Dr. Billy Young officiating. Interment will follow at Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 10:00-11:00 A.M. Monday (1 hour before service) at the church.  Services will be livestreamed on Facebook by going to the Gateway-Forest Lawn Facebook page. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wyatt Lang Miller Memorial Scholarship C/O at RIVEROAK  Technical College, 415 Pinewood Drive SW, Live Oak, FL 32064 or Gideons International-Lake City Camp, P.O. Box 1805, Lake City, FL 32056. Arrangements are under the direction of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S. HWY 441, Lake City, FL. Please leave words of comfort on the online guest book at www.gatewayforestlawn.com

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