Maxwell Leslie Wood

A funeral service celebrating the life of Maxwell Leslie " Max" Wood, 88, of Camden, South Carolina, was held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden. The Reverend John Hallman and the Reverend Chip Summers will officiate. The family received friends following the service at Westminster Hall. Memorials may be made in Max's memory to the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter, 460 South Fair Street, Camden, SC 29020. Maxwell Leslie Wood, husband of Sylvia Upton Wood, died on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of the late Dr. Maxwell Theodore Wood and Edith Kirsten Wood. Max was retired as Director of Sales for the Whirlpool Corporation. He was an United Stats Army World War II veteran where he received the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon w/2 Bronze Battle Stars, Bronze Service Arrowhead, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/1 Bronze Battle Star and 4 Overseas Service Bars. Max also made 8 first wave landings in the Philippines. Max was a former active Shriner in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area, one of the founders, member and past President of the Kershaw County Fine Arts Center. He was a Board Member of the Steeplechase Museum, and a founder and member of the Kershaw County Hospital Foundation. Max was a long-time member of the Camden Hunt and longtime anonymous donor for people in need. He was a passionate golfer, was a longtime supporter and the first life member of the Camden Country Club. Besides his wife, Max is survived by his children, James Wilson Wood and his wife, Judith, of Charlotte, North Carolina, Alison W. Darch of Raleigh, North Carolina, Matthew William Fowler and his wife, Bonnie, of Coloma, Michigan, Sarah Fowler duPont and her husband, Douglas Wooten duPont, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Thomas Harold Fowler and his wife, Nancy, of St. Joseph, Michigan; grandchildren, Emily, Max, Renee, Carrie, Alexandra, William, Sophie, Scott, Elizabeth and David; and brother, Richard Wood and his wife, Betsy, of Los Gatos, California. Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the Wood family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.

This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.