Richard H. Wood · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title: Richard H. Wood
Description: Wood Mortuary
Biographical Text: Wood left Clemson University to return to Greer to help his father run the Wood Mortuary. When his father died in 1935, he found himself director at age 21. Incorporating the business with
John O. Kendrick and T. Walter Glenn, he moved the business from Randall Street to its present location on W. Pointsett Street.
Bibliography: Belcher, Ray, and Joada P. Hiatt.
Legendary Locals of Greer, South Carolina.
Arcadia Publishing, 2012.
Relation: John D. Wood; Funeral Fan from The Wood Mortuary; Wicker Basket for the dead; Photograph of Wood Mortuary and Stores; Photograph of the New Model of Ambulance