Jackie Lee Hood, 79, of Brownwood, went to his Heavenly home Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Visitation for Mr. Hood will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at Davis-Morris Funeral Home. A funeral service for Mr. Hood will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at Lake Brownwood First Baptist Church. Interment will be at a later date.
Jackie Lee Hood came into this physical world on Jan.27, 1936, to his parents Carrie and Powell Hood. He started school at Owens Elementary in Owens. His family moved to Early where he attended Early Elementary. From there they moved to McCamey, where he attended McCamey Schools. He graduated in 1955 from Crane High School.
He was drafted in to the U.S. Navy. He married his high school sweetheart Lillian Lange in February 1956 on his leave from boot camp.
In November 1956, he became a father and his son Tim was born in Bremerton, Washington where Jackie was stationed on the carrier, USS Princeton. Upon his honorable discharge from the Navy he went to work in 1957 at B & H Electric Company in Crane. His daughter Pam was born in Crane in 1959.
He loved God and his family, deer hunting, fishing, and animals. He and his family moved to Orange around Thanksgiving in 1971, going to work for Exxon Mobile offshore in Louisiana. He moved back to Brownwood in 1996 after retiring in 1991 and living in Jasper 14 years. At Brownwood he was a member and Deacon at the First Baptist Church at Lake Brownwood.
He is survived by his wife, Lillian; his son, Tim and wife Carolee; his daughter, Pam and husband Donald Standley; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends, and family.
He was preceded in death by his dad, Powell, in 1970 and his mom, Carrie, in 1999.