Willie Hood Jr.
Posted: May 24, 2013
COLUMBUS — Willie James Edward “Hootie” Hood Jr., 29, died May 18, 2013. Services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Columbus Church of Christ with Robert L. Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery. Visitation is today from 3-8 p.m. at Carter’s of Columbus. Mr. Hood was born Feb. 29, 1984, to Willie Hood Sr., and Florence Williams Burr. He was employed as a machine operator at Fiberwebb Technical Non Wovens. He was a 2003 graduate of Columbus High School and a 2006 graduate of East Mississippi Community College. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his siblings, John Lewis of El Paso, Texas, Greg Moody, Ericka Cotton and Eric Bryant, all of Columbus, Angela Baynes of Birmingham, Ala., and Lashonda Palmer of Prattville, Ala. Pallbearers are Dexter Malone, Nicholas Edwards, Brian Perrigan, Greg Moody, Christopher Burr, Marc Stephens and Alex Russell.