JONESVILLE — Services for Delbert Monroe “D.M.” Wood, 91, of Jonesville, who died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, peacefully at his home in Jonesville, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Utility Baptist Church in Jonesville with the Rev. Mike Russell and the Rev. James Foster officiating.

Burial will follow at Locust Grove Cemetery in Jonesville under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Jonesville.

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today at Utility Baptist Church.

Mr. Wood was born Friday, August 21, 1925, in Belmont, the son of George Authur and Mary Thorne Wood.

D.M. began farming at the early age of 14 in Arkansas. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. He then returned to Truman, Ark., and married Mary Magdalene “Mag” Russell in 1949. D.M. and Mag had two sons, Charles and Gary. Mr. Wood bought farmland in the Jonesville area in 1964, and he and his family moved to Catahoula Parish shortly thereafter. D.M. and his sons established Wood Farms and have been farming in Catahoula and Concordia parishes ever since.

Mr. Wood loved and served the Lord faithfully and was a dedicated member and deacon of Utility Baptist Church for nearly 50 years. He loved his family and instilled in his children and grandchildren the importance of prayer, hard work, honesty and integrity. He truly embodied the words of 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Willie, Pat, Buford and Gerald Wood; four sisters, Hazel Heavner, Ovella Seacrese, Alice Fry and DeEtta Hutchins; and an infant grandson.

Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Mary Magdalene “Mag” Russell Wood; two sons Charles Delbert Wood and wife, Nan, of Jonesville and Gary Wayne Wood and wife, Pam, of Natchez; three grandsons, Charles Scott Wood, of Orlando, Fla., Jeremy Wayne Wood and wife, Christie, of Jonesville and Russell Wayne Wood and wife, Meghan, of Natchez; two granddaughters, Alicia Kay Wood of Baton Rouge and Erin Elizabeth Wood Brown and husband, Brent, of Jonesville; five great-grandsons, Tyler Brenton Brown, Jeremy Maxwell Wood, Honorè Monroe Wood, Robert Chase Brown and Carter Mason Wood; and five great-granddaughters, Maggie Grace Brown, Mary Kaitlyn Wood, Lyla Jolie Wood, Sophie Elise Wood and Lucy Geneviève Wood; and a special caregiver, Ester Ward.

Pallbearers will be Scott Wood, Jeremy Wood, Russ Wood, Kenneth Wood, Brent Brown and Tyler Brown.

Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Utility Baptist Church.

Online condolences may be sent at youngsfh.com.