October 12, 1922 - April 8, 2022
Celebration of Life Service for Opal Wood, 99, will be Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 2:00 pm in Anderson-Burris Chapel with Pastor Steve Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at Anderson-Burris.
Opal was born October 12, 1922 in Rule, Texas to J.A. and Nettie Boynton Edwards and died on April 8, 2022 in Enid with her family by her side.
She grew up in Rule, Texas and graduated from Rule High School. Opal married Bill Barnes and they had three children, Pamela, Danny and Janice. She babysat and was a homemaker for many years. Opal later worked as a nurse’s aide at Bass Hospital and as a clerk at Kmart. After Bill’s death, she married John Wood and added her bonus sons, Donnie and Darrel.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bill and John; son-in-law, Jerry Francis; seven brothers and four sisters.
Opal is survived by her children Pamela (Ron) Smart, Danny (Melva) Barnes, Janice Francis, Donnie (Dana) Wood, Darrel (Amy) Wood; 9 grandchildren, Sam Smart, Krystal Kobs, Clay Barnes, Mike Francis, Jeff Francis, Chanda Kapke, Brad Wood, Kelly Mendel, Michelle Hornberger; 21 great grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild with another due this month.
Memorials may be made through Anderson-Burris to Bennie’s Barn.
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