Joe T. Wood | |
Office: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Predecessor: | District established |
Successor: | E. Wycliffe Orr |
Term Start: | January 10, 1966 |
Term End: | January 9, 1989 |
Constituency: | 16th district (1966–1969) 11th district (1969–1973) 9th district (1973–1989) |
Birth Name: | Joe Terrell Wood |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1922 |
Birth Place: | Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 1 |
Education: | University of Georgia |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Battles: | World War II |
Joe Terrell Wood Sr. (October 23, 1922 – April 27, 2019) was an American politician in the state of Georgia. Wood served in the United States Army during World War II. He was an alumnus of the University of Georgia and worked in the field of general insurance. He was a member of the firm Turner Wood & Smith Insurance, in Gainesville. Wood served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1966 to 1989 and was a Democrat.[1] [2] [3] He was married to Helen Thrasher.[4] Wood died on April 27, 2019.[5]