Joseph Donaldson Wood ’35

Born in Morgantown, W.Va., May 22, 1912, "Moon" died July 18, 2000, in Asheboro, N.C. He was 88.

He prepared for Princeton at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was on the track team, football and basketball squads, and was a member of the dramatic society. At Princeton he majored in French, was on the freshman football squad, the varsity track squad, and was a member of Charter Club. All four years at Princeton he roomed with Walter "Doc" Parmalee, also an Exeter graduate, a varsity boxer, and manager of Charter, where both men lived during senior year.

"Moon and Doc agreed on almost everything except the weather," recalls one classmate. Doc loved the cold. He could hardly wait to get back to the wind and snow of his native Maine. Moon headed straight south after graduation. He settled in High Point, N.C., married Joanne Hanger on March 19, 1938, and lived there for 55 years. Much of this time he worked in sales for James Lee & Sons Co., a carpet manufacturer, and sought to improve his golf game. For the last decade before retirement, he switched to the employ of George T. Wood & Sons, a family company.

About 1990 the Woods moved to Asheboro. In addition to Joanne, Joe leaves two daughters and two grandsons.

The Class of 1935