Joan Kennedy Wood, of Kernersville, NC, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024, peacefully at home after a short battle with cancer. Born in Laurens County, Georgia, June 20th, 1947 to Robert L. Kennedy and Mildred Spence Kennedy, and graduated from New Hanover High School in Wilmington, NC in 1965. Joan met and married the love of her life, Tom Wood, in 1967. She and her family moved to Trinity, NC in 1984. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.

Tom and Joan made the sacrifice for her to be able to stay home to raise their children and then later in life she worked at Mac Panel and retired after 15 years. For many year Joan and Tom were active members of Park Place Baptist Church in Thomasville, NC, then after Tom’s passing, she started regularly attending Shady Grove Wesleyan Church in Colfax, NC where the Senior Adults ministry embraced her.

Joan’s favorite pass time has always been shopping with friends and going out to lunch, as well as spending every Saturday evening doing dinner and movies with her grandkids.

Preceding her in death are her loving husband of 55 years Thomas Burbank Wood, Jr., her parents, Robert L. Kennedy and Mildred Spence Kennedy; and her siblings, Marlene, Jerry, and Carolynn. Left to cherish her memory are daughter, Marlene Wood Rose, husband Donny, and children Cheza and Alex of Wilmington, NC; son Tommy Wood III, wife Kristi, and children Autumn, Ivy, and Elijah of Kernersville, NC; brother, Johnny Kennedy of Hendersonville, NC.

The family will greet friends at Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Services Kernersville Chapel, 213. W. Mountain Street, Kernersville, NC 27284 on Saturday, November 2, from 2-3 pm. A Celebration of Life will follow beginning at 3:00 pm officiated by Pastor Todd Reynolds.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Shady Grove Wesleyan Church 119 N Bunker Hill Rd. Colfax, NC 27235.

The family is at peace knowing that Joan is free from pain and suffering and is with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Friends and family may offer online condolences at www.piercejeffersonfh.com