Floyd Eugene Wood Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Floyd Eugene Wood Jr., 70, a native of Tacoma, Washington and long-time resident of Grand Prairie, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at his residence. Services with military honors will be conducted a 9:30 a.m. Friday, January 24, 2020 at DFW National Cemetery. Floyd was born on July 3, 1949, the oldest of 6 children born to the late Floyd E Wood Sr and the late Mary Rose Holzman. His family would move to California in 1959 where he would attend Mount Pleasant High School in San Jose, California and graduate in 1968. His father instilled a love for flying and airplanes when Floyd was a young boy. His interest would lead to his occupation after being drafted in the Army 1971, where he worked on helicopter engines. He would be discharged in March of 1973, and would continue in his life-long career as an A&P mechanic, initially living in Irving. He would move to Grand Prairie and continue working until the age of sixty-eight, retiring finally from Dallas Airmotive, finishing his career in fuel controls. Floyd loved to travel. In his later years, he and his wife Leslie would leave by car, often on back-road adventures. His primary interest would always be seeing things that he hadn't seen before. Survivors include his wife; Leslie Thompson Wood; son, Nathaniel Lane Mitchell, step-sons that he claimed as his own, Shelby Crawford and his spouse Lachelle, Kristopher Crawford; siblings, George Thomas Wood and his spouse Lucy, John Lawrence Wood and his spouse Jeepy, Kathleen Gilbert and her fiance, Philip Brantley, Karen Anne Schaale and her husband, Dale Marshall, Marshal Timothy Wood and his spouse Therese; and various nieces and nephews.

Floyd Eugene Wood Jr.

July 3, 1949 - January 11, 2020