SPRING HOPE--Betty Ruth Gardner Wood, 86, died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Funeral service will be Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Spring Hope Funeral Home Chapel at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Peachtree Baptist Church cemetery, Spring Hope. The Rev. Larry Perry will conduct the service.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J. L. Wood; her parents, Ernest S. Gardner and Kattie Joyner Gardner; a grandson; and 13 siblings.

Surviving: daughters, Linda W. Stetson of Wasille, Alaska, and Ellen W. Marks of Louisburg; sons; Philip Lewis Wood of Spring Hope, Danny Wood of Spring Hope, Randy Wood of Youngsville; sisters; Rachel Strickland and Elsie Sledge of Spring Hope; brothers, Roy Gardner, Troy Gardner and Larry Gardner of Rocky Mount; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great- grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Friday, Nov. 1, at Spring Hope Funeral Home, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and other times at the home of Ellen Marks.

Flowers are welcome or contributions may be made to Eastern NC Alzheimer's Association, 5171 Glenwood Ave., Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27612.

Online condolences may be made at www.springhopefh.com.