From Times-Free Press Obituaries, December 25, 2009:
Susan Wood
Susan Berry Wood, 42, of Hixson, went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009.
Susan was a loving wife to Matt and a great mom to Rachel and Brody. She was very faithful to her Lord and left sunshine wherever she went. Susan was a fantastic sister, loving daughter and to her kids she was their rock. She made everyone feel special around her. She talked to her family last week about being ready if God called us home. We never thought it would happen so fast. Susan’s light shined to everyone and everywhere. God gave her a gift and everyone around Susan saw Him in her. Susan’s smile would light up the room and will truly be missed. Jesus welcomes her home, but we miss you so much. She was a faithful member of Dallas Bay Baptist Church and the Bible Drill.
Susan will be tremulously missed by her husband, Matt; her children, Rachel and Brody; and her parents, Charlotte and Harold Berry. Susan always laughed and called herself, “Mom and Dad’s favorite.” She also leaves behind her sister, Karen Duncan “the smart one,” and her family Jeff, Christina, Stephanie and Allison; her brother, Steve Berry “the baby boy,” and his family Valerie, Heather and Nicole; her grandmother, Dorothy Holland; and her friend and workers.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and 11 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at the North Chapel.
Services for Susan will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the North Chapel with Dr. David McNabb officiating.
Burial will follow in Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Susan’s name to Dallas Bay Baptist Church, 8305 Daisy Dallas Road, Hixson, TN 37343.
Please share your thoughts and memories at www.mem.com.
Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Remembering Susan
Wife, mother, friend, coworker, and a beautiful human being...Susan's bright, positive attitude, her smile, the way her face lit up when she talked about Matt, Rachel, and Brody, those were gifts she gave every day. She will be missed by many, and I am definitely one of them.
I'll share the words of John O'Donahue that seem so appropriate here, and my thoughts and prayers are with Susan's family and all who loved her.
Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.
Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.
The sound of your voice
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.
Whatever you enfolded in your gaze
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.
Though your days here were brief,
Your spirit was live, awake, complete.
We look towards each other no longer
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.
Though we cannot see you with outward eyes,
We know our soul’s gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.
Let us not look for you only in memory,
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.
When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.
-- John O’Donohue
On the death of the Beloved
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