Charles Michael "Mickey" Wood

1948 - 2006

Charles Michael "Mickey" Wood, 57, formerly of Dallas, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, after suffering a heart attack at his home in Ruidoso, N.M.

Memorial service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in Sparkman/Hillcrest Northwest Highway Chapel in Dallas. Also, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Spencer Theater in Ruidoso.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Humane Society of Lincoln County, Box 2832, Ruidoso, N.M. 88355; Spencer Theater of Performing Arts, Box 140, Alto, N.M. 88312; or American Cancer Society.

Mickey was born Oct. 13, 1948, in Marks, Miss., to Maxwell and Ruth Wood. He attended the University of Mississippi and graduated from Northwest Mississippi College. He was a member of Gabe P. Allen Masonic Lodge #1352 in Dallas. Mickey entered the lumber business in 1970 and was instrumental in the early development of manufactured residential building units. Starting in 1974, he managed retail lumber operations for a national buildings material company, becoming a regional manager responsible for the Southeastern states. In 1978, he and partners began acquiring lumber operations throughout the U.S., culminating with the personal acquisition of Oldham Lumber Co. in 1981 and Richardson Lumber and Manufacturing in 2001. He was active in the operation of both at the time of his death. He was a past director of the Lumbermen's Association of Texas. Mickey loved ranching and the time he and Marilyn spent with their horses and longhorns and their dog, Scrappy. Twice they hosted at their ranch in Lindale the Cattle Barons Gala supporting the American Cancer Society. He served as a national director for the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America and was an active member of the American Quarter Horse Association, the National Cutting Horse Association and the National Thoroughbred Association. He was also involved in numerous real estate developments in Texas and New Mexico.

In 2001, Mickey and Marilyn moved to New Mexico, which they quickly came to love. They made many new and close friends, became active in the Ruidoso community, where they had just begun building a new home. Mickey was currently serving on the boards of Alto Lakes Golf Country Club and Spencer Theater of Performing Arts in Ruidoso. He was loving and caring, and provided strength and support for his family.

His mother, Ruth; his brother, Donald; and his first wife, Katherine, preceded him in death.

Mickey was a loyal and generous person to many good friends and business associates who will miss him dearly.

Survivors: His father, Maxwell Wood of Belen, Miss.; his wife, Marilyn of Ruidoso; sons, Mike and wife, Heather, of Combine and Dean and wife, Pamela, of McKinney; grandchildren, Justin, Madison and Jacob of Combine, Katherine, Alexander, Nicholas and Elizabeth of McKinney and Layne Sheets of Blue Ridge; sister, Wanda Bouchillon and husband, Ricky, of Bonito, N.M.; family by marriage, Lesley Weems, Michael Sweeney and daughter, Kaitlyn, of Mansfield, Kylan Bunker and husband, Noah, of Birmingham, Ala., and Bryson Weems of Aledo; brother-in-law, Cliff McLain of Lubbock; and mother-in-law, Doris McLain of Floydada.