Jesse "Jd" Wood

BURLESON -- Jesse "JD" Wood, 86, passed away Friday May 27, 2011. Service: 11am Tuesday, May 31, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation: 6-8pm Monday at the funeral home. Interment: 3:30pm Tuesday, Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche. Jesse was born June 29, 1924, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Jesse and Jenny Elizabeth Devaney Wood. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Bessie Chambers Wood and three sisters, Dorothy, Velma, and Elsie. Jesse proudly served his country, as a veteran of World War II with the US Army Air Forces; and retired from General Dynamics after 39 years as an electrical engineer. He was a devoted family man, a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and loyal friend who loved fishing, football, gardening, and watching old westerns. Jesse was a true gentleman in every way, always there to offer his love and support. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burleson. Survivors: Daughters, Jane Branum-McKnight, and husband Bennie, of Valley View, DiAnn Robertson, and husband Dale, of Burleson; sons, Richard Wood, and wife Gayla, of Granbury, John David Wood, and wife Angela, of Allen, Donald Wood, and wife Sheri, of Crowley; 20 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a host of loving extended family and friends.