HOOD, RAY H.

TARBORO — Ray Hampton Hood, 83, brother of Hope Morton of Goldsboro, died Wednesday [April 6, 2005].

A graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Edgecombe Memorial Park with Pastor Loren Lung officiating.

In addition to his sister, Mr. Hood is survived by his wife, Augusta Kirkland Hood; stepdaughters, Evelyn Mitchell of Pinetops and Dorothy Register, Viola Aycock, Margie Belch and Kathy Weeks of Tarboro; three other sisters, Geraldine Alberti of Florida, Pauline Stahl of California and Rose Marie Zoellner of Woodbridge, Va.; brothers, Eugene Hood and Randolph Hood of Dover and Edward Hood of Kinston; and 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 9 at Carlisle Funeral Home.