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Ernest Hood Obituary

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Collinsville Funeral Home-Sharpe Chapel for Ernest B. Hood, 73, Collinsville, who died Saturday, June 9, 2007, at his residence. The Rev. Charles Brown and Mr. Mickey Williams will officiate. Burial in Copeland's Bridge Cemetery. Collinsville Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Hood was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Jane Hood; and daughter, Chickie Hood.

He is survived by his daughter, Mitzi (Terry) Gidley, Sand Rock; brother, Jack (Pat) Hood, Sand Rock; sister, Sarah Allen, Sand Rock; special nephew, Scott Hester, Sand Rock; and a host of family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Scott Hester, Chuck Cunningham, Richard Lumpkin, Leon Hufstetler, Van Dickie and Terry Gidley.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gadsden Times on Jun. 11, 2007.

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