Charlie A Hood Jr

View Funeral Webcast Charlie Alfred Hood, Jr., 82, retired from Bell South and resident of Skelley Lane, died Friday, November 26, 2010 at Centennial Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Curtis Dowdy and Charles Hardison officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery with military honors provided at graveside by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. The family will visit with friends after 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to Highland Church of Christ Building Fund, 497 East James Campbell Boulevard, Columbia 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Charlie A. Hood, Sr. and Bessie Shannon Hood. He was a 1946 graduate of Columbia Central High School and served in the U. S. Air Force. He worked as a tollboard testman for Bell South Telephone Company for 43 years and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. Mr. Hood was a long-time member of Highland Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Theola Oakley Hood of Columbia; son, Ricky Wayne (Sherri) Hood of Smithville; grandsons, Chris Hood and Dustin Hood; sister, Peggy McEwen of Columbia; special nephews, Jerry (Shirley) Oakley of Santa Fe and Jimmy (Fay) Oakley of Decatur, Alabama; several other nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers include Tommy McEwen, Steve McEwen, Jimmy McEwen, Steven Oakley, Chris Hood, Dustin Hood, Brian Oakley, and Jerry Oakley. Honorary pallbearers are Larry Turner, Doug Adkisson, Bernis White, L. G. White, Finis Oakley, Dave Stone, Jimmy Oakley, Jeff Reed, and men of Highland Church of Christ.