Frances Lee Wood, 89, of Colonial Beach passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 20, 2023.  She was a retired cook for Marriott, and later employed with Fast Mart in Colonial Beach and Outdoor World Campground in Oak Grove.  Frances loved to take the ride around Colonial Beach, go crabbing, enjoyed gardening and tending her roses, and cooking for her family and friends.  She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

Frances was preceded in death by her siblings Henry Lee Howard, Jr. and Margaret Lorraine Simpson.  She is survived by her two daughters, Victoria Wood Barry (Reverend James) of Colonial Beach and Frances Lorraine Morin (Joseph) of Albany, Georgia; four grandchildren Latainia Wood, Jay McCurdy, Johnny Kyle and Val Boutot; great-grandson James McCurdy who she raised as her own son from the age of four; favorite niece Lisa Howard and numerous other great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 25, 2023 in Shiloh Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Friday from 12:00 p.m. until service time at the church.