Marion Elizabeth Wood

Ms. Marion Elizabeth
Ariail Wood, age 82, of
Toccoa, passed away
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, at
Northeast Georgia Medi-
cal Center in Braselton,
Ga.
Born June 12, 1943, in
Toccoa, Ga., she was the
daughter of the late
Gilbert and Marion Payne
Ariail.
Ms. Wood was a case-
worker for the Georgia De-
partment of Aging, and
was a member of First
Baptist Church in Toccoa.
She was the founding
member of Stacey Chan-
dler Memorial Kinder-
garten in Commerce, Ga.
Family members in-
clude her children, Cyndi
Etheridge (Tye), of Way-
cross, Ga., David Wood, of
Toccoa, Jennifer Guglia
(Dave), of Stoughton,
Mass., and Wes Wood
(Sarah), of Dacula, Ga.;
bonus daughter, Carol
Bates (Bob), of Hampton,
Va.; grandchildren, Ariail
Carnahan (Corey), Tom
Etheridge, Ruby Guglia,
Joey Guglia, Asher Wood,
Ella Paige Guglia, Nolan
Wood and Caleb Wood;
great-grandchildren, Bri-
an Carnahan and Clara
Tye Carnahan; brother,
Fred Ariail (Barbara); and
sister, Dr. Mary Ariail.
In addition to her par-
ents, she was preceded in
death by her brother, Dr.
Dan Ariail, and her sister,
Lyn Bishop.
The family will receive
friends at the mortuary
from 10 a.m. until the ser-
vice hour Thursday, Oct.
23, 2025.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Thursday,
Oct. 23, 2025, from the
Chapel of Whitlock Mortu-
ary with the Rev. Brett
Sanders and the Rev.
David Ritcey officiating.
Friends and family will
re-assemble at Sunrise
Cemetery in Maysville,
Ga., at 1p.m. for burial.
The following gentle-
men will serve as pallbear-
ers: David Wood, Wes
Wood, Tye Etheridge, Tom
Etheridge, Dave Guglia
and Joey Guglia.
Please keep the family
in your thoughts and
prayers and sign the on-
line guestbook at
www.whitlockmortu-
ary.net.
Whitlock Mortuary, Fu-
nerals and Cremations is
honored to be serving the
family of Ms. Marion Eliz-
abeth Ariail Wood