Eva Ray Williamson Hood

The family will be at Bratcher Funeral Home for visitation from 7:00 – 8:00 P.M., Friday, July 22, 2011.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Bratcher Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at Oakridge Cemetery in Denison. Pallbearers will be Joe David Williamson, Wesley Gore, Dean Hess, Joe Keitz, Nick Keitz and Franklin Nibblits.

Eva was born September 6, 1915 in Quinlan, Texas, the daughter of Willis B. Williamson and Myrtle (Mitchell) Williamson. She graduated from Quinlan High School and moved to Denison, where she married E. J. “Buster” Hood on April 19, 1942. She was a member of the Belmont Baptist Church in Denison. She loved to sew and make quilts for her family.

She went to beautician school and worked as a beauty operator. She always wanted to open her own shop and in 1952 opened her beauty shop on a part-time basis; she worked at the local Levi Strauss plant for many years; later worked at Texas Instruments; retired from Texas Instruments and then worked in her beauty shop until it closed in 2004.

Mrs. Hood is survived by her daughter Mrs. Patsy Nash of Paris; grandchildren Trampas Nash, Natalie and Joel Hutchison, Amanda Nash; great-grandchildren Doran and Ben Hutchison; brother W. B. Williamson of Cartwright, Oklahoma and sister Margaret Preston of Denison.

She is preceded in death by her husband Buster Hood; parents; brothers Herman (H. P.) Williamson, Willis Williamson and L. C. Williamson; sisters Emma Bagwell and Mae Miller.

Eva was a loving mother, sister, aunt and friend. She requested that people wear pink to her funeral and in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the March of Dimes, 2007 Texoma Parkway, Suite 187, Sherman, TX 75090.

Arrangements are entrusted to Bratcher Funeral Home, 401 W. Woodard Street, Denison, TX 75020 (903) 465-2323. Further information is on our website at www.bratcherfuneralhome.com