Mrs.. Maxine Leigh Wood

April 6, 1942 - January 2, 2015

Columbia Mrs. Linda Maxine Leigh Wood, 72, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at the home of her son. A witness to the resurrection service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 5, 2015, at Great Falls Presbyterian Church with Rev. Mary Anne Welch and Rev. Dr. Ellen Fowler Skidmore officiating. Interment will follow in Ebenezer United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Monday, January 5, in the fellowship hall of Great Falls Presbyterian Church, 500 Dearborn St., Great Falls, SC. Mrs. Wood was born April 6, 1942 in Shelby, NC and was a daughter of the late Walter Leigh and Martha Blanton Leigh. She was a graduate of Shelby High School class of 1960 and was retired as an accounting manager from Bordens in Chester, SC. Mrs. Wood was a member of Great Falls Presbyterian Church where she was a member of the choir and served as treasurer of the church for many years. Mrs. Wood was the widow of Frank L Wood. She is survived by one son, Patrick Wood (Kathleen) of Columbia, SC; three grandchildren, Caroline Wood, Amanda Wood, and Lawson Wood all of Columbia; one sister, Anita Davis (Paul) of Monticello, Ga., four brothers, Faron Leigh of Greensboro, NC, Ronald Leigh (Helen) of Savannah, Ga., David Leigh (Sharon) of Shelby, NC, and Kevin Leigh (Edie) of Greenville, SC; and a brother-in-law, Harold Weaver of Shelby, NC. She was preceded in death by a sister, Becky Weaver. Memorials may be made to Great Falls Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 466, Great Falls, SC 29055, American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210, or Compassionate Care Hospice, Bldg. D, Ste. 1, 455 St. Andrews Rd., Columbia, SC 29205. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.