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Marjorie Hood

Marjorie Hood

Marjorie Hood

Marjorie Hood

Marjorie Hood

Profile Information

  • Maiden Name: (Mayberry)
  • Nickname:
  • Hometown: Sale Creek, TN (US)
  • Throwing Hand:
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  • Born: September 14, 1913
  • Died: June 25, 2006

Marjorie HoodHistory

Team Position Uniform #
1943 Racine Belles Outfield unknown
1943 Rockford Peaches Outfield 11
1943 South Bend Blue Sox Outfield Unknown

See Marjorie's obituary.




Marjorie Elizabeth Mayberry Hood, 92, of Red Bank, died Sunday, June 25, 2006, at a local Chattanooga, TN health care facility.

Marjorie was born in Sale Creek and resided in Red Bank for many years.

Marjorie was retired from Chattanooga Federal, where she worked for 23 years as a loan officer and was an asset in banking. She was one of the first female appraisers and agents in the Chattanooga area.

Marjorie was a former president of the Insurance Women of Chattanooga, a member of Chattanooga Board of Realtors, a Red Cross Gray Lady volunteer at Parkridge Hospital for almost 20 years and on the board of directors for Tennessee Home Health before her first stroke in 1996. She was a member of Red Bank Presbyterian Church.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, George and Ethel Mayberry; sister, Robbie Mayberry; brothers, Harley "Red" and Ronald Mayberry; and her husband of 64 years, Earl Hood.

Survivors include her daughter, son,  granddaughter,  grandson,  great-grandson,  two brothers,  two sisters-in-law, and numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends in Hamilton and Rhea County.

Funeral service were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Williamson & Sons Funeral Home in Soddy-Daisy with the Rev. Everett Gossett and the Rev. Clyde Pendergrass officiating.

Burial followed in Welch Cemetery in Sale Creek.

The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Williamson & Sons Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Red Bank Presbyterian Church, 4320 Dayton Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37415, or Welsh-Rogers Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 445, Sale Creek, TN 37373.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Lifecare Center of Red Bank and Trinity Hospice for their kind and loving care.

"A Life Well Lived; A Life Long Remembered."

Vaughn Funeral Home in Spring City, Tenn., was in charge of arrangements.
Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) - Tuesday, June 27, 2006

 

Author: Adapted from Chattanooga Times Free Press (TN) - Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Contributed By: Merrie Fidler

Copyright: Chattanooga Times Free PressĀ () , obit for Marjorie Hood, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1


LeagueBatting Record

Year Ga AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG
1943 17 2 6 0 0 0 3 3 1 5 .353

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