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Sheila Murphree
September 17, 2020
Gail, I was looking for you online and found this instead. I am so sorry for your loss. The years have passed too quickly. God's peace for your whole family. Sheila Black Murphree
Chick and Sandy McGeehan
March 18, 2020
Petie,
May God bless you and your family during this time. I know you understand that we would have been at the service today if it weren't for the coronavirus. We would love to have been there to celebrate Richard's life, a life well lived. We will pray for God's Peace and Comfort to surround you each day.
Chick & Sandy McGeehan
Chick and Sandy McGeehan
March 18, 2020
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Mike Markham
March 18, 2020
R.I.P. Coach Wood. He coached me at McMain in NOLA in the early to mid-90s. Good coach. We had fun and were competitive.
Joyce Gill
March 18, 2020
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.I will continue to keep you in my prayers. I worked with Richard at McMain.
Joseph Paul Devenport (StB HS 1964)
March 16, 2020
RIP old friend and teammate. Sharon &
I of course in high risk age group for
Virus; sorry we will miss service.
George Webb
March 14, 2020
Like many, I remember Coach Wood as a wonderfully kind cross-country coach at Isidore Newman School, but I knew him first as a history teacher. I loved his American history class, and towards the end of the course he lent me the first scholarly biography I ever read: Edmund Morris's The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt", which had just come out and soon won the Pulitzer Prize. It was a bit heavy for a 7th grader but I managed to tackle it anyway. Later I went out for cross-country entirely because he invited me to and because I admired him. Even though I was not a good runner and had no impact on the team's overall success, Coach Wood never failed to have time for me and to encourage me. His combination of kindness and high standards as both a coach and a teacher made a big impression on me at Newman. I have remembered him fondly ever since, and I know he is held in equally high regard by many others. My condolences to all of the Wood family. May he rest in peace.
Todd Lupberger
March 14, 2020
He was one of my favorite coaches and people .. so sorry for the loss . Thoughts and prayers to all his family, Love You CoaCh !
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