Robert Allen Wood was born August 15, 1937 in Oklahoma City to Charles A. and Ruth Guy Wood and died Wednesday at the age of 59.
The family lived near the Grimes community. He graduated from the
Berlin High School. After high school, he attended Southwestern
State College where he earned a degree in Teaching. His first
teaching job was in the Broxton School system. Besides his career
in teaching here in Oklahoma, he taught in LaMar, Colorado for 12
years. He came to the Burns Flat Schools in 1981 and also taught in
Carter until his retirement. The family has made their home in Elk
City since 1981.
Survivors include his wife, Minnie of the home; his mother, Ruth
Wood of Elk City; two sons, Gregory and Jeffory Wood, also of Elk
City; one aunt, Kate Bowman of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.