Richard Allen "Woody" Wood

February 26, 1968 - February 3, 2022

Richard Allen “Woody” Wood, 53 of Summerville, SC passed away at his home on February 3, 2022. 53. Woody was born in 1968 to Dick and Marilyn Wood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was a precocious little bundle of red-headed energy who kept everyone on their toes! He acquired his first job as a paper boy delivering the Minneapolis Star and Tribune at the age of 10. He earned many awards, accolades and prizes for outstanding sales, including a trip to California for the entire family! He was proud to join the US Army in 1986, and he served his country faithfully through Operation Desert Storm. He received an Honorable Discharge in 1996. He went on to have a successful career as a retail manager and then quality control inspector at Honeywell/KBRWyle. There is nowhere Woody was more at peace than in the great outdoors, and there is nothing of which he was more proud of than his children. He is survived by wife, Melissa; son, Thomas; step-daughter Alyssa Smedley (Darrol Rogers); father, Dick; and sister, Anita Salvini (Michael) as well as nieces and nephews. Woody is preceded in death by his mother, Marilyn. He was looking forward to welcoming his first grandson, Elliot James Rogers into the world.