Edna Huskison Wood, longtime ministry and organizational leader, died Nov. 5 in Waco. She was 79. She was born April 4, 1946, in Houston, Miss., to Shirley “S.A.” and Dorothy Huskison and grew up in Ripley, Miss. Known in her youth as “Edna Ruth,” she later attended college and served two years in Kenya as a Journeyman with the Southern Baptist Convention. While living in Fort Worth after returning from Kenya, she met Randy Wood. They married Jan. 8, 1972, and lived in Fort Worth and Shawnee, Okla., before settling in Waco. Wood served 14 years as financial secretary for the Waco Baptist Association. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Waco, where she was active in missions and congregational life. She served as recording secretary and on the executive board of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas and was a past president of the Baylor Round Table, contributing leadership to Baptist and university communities for many years. She was recognized for her hospitality and for the care she extended to students, friends and colleagues through her home and church life. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael Wood of Waco, and her sister, Linda Zeagler of Meridian, Miss. She is survived by her husband, Randy Wood of Waco; daughter Lindsey Wood; daughter-in-law Karmen Wood; and granddaughter Presley Smith, all of Waco. Memorial donations may be made to the Michael Anderson Wood Endowed Scholarship in Finance and Accounting at Baylor University or to the endowments of WMU of Texas.
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