Dr. Royce Everett Hood

Dr. Royce Everett Hood

8/22/2024

Dr. Royce Everett Hood, Junior, entered heaven on August 22, 2024. He was born June 12, 1941, in Palatka, Florida.  Dr. Hood attended the University of Florida 1959-1963 and Emory University from 1963-1967. He did an internship at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and one year of surgery residency.  Dr. Hood was in the United States Air Force 1969-1975 and was stationed in Wilford Hall,  Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. He did an orthopedic residency 1970-1974. He moved to DeLand in 1975 for private practice at Florida Orthopedics. In October 2023, Dr. Hood retired from Private practice.  Dr. Hood was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia Hood. As a young man Dr. Hood believed the Gospel that Jesus Christ died for his sins and rose from the dead and he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lane Hood, and his children, Valerie Hood Anthony (Lincoln), Rett Hood (Krystal), Amanda Smallwood, Elizabeth Smallwood Turnbull (Nathan), and grandchildren, Zachary, Ian, Cade, William, Henry and Louis; siblings Charley Hood (Jan), Beth Pearce (David), and Danny Hood (Bonnie).  Dr. Hood's body is dedicated to the Anatomical Board of the State of Florida for use in medical research and education. Thank you to those who celebrated Royce's life with him while he was here by calling, visiting, texting and emailing. Please-- no cards, flowers or food. All is well. Revered and respected by countless peers and patients, Royce has earned the Christian's Crown of Life and entered into the rest that remains for the children of God.

James 4:14 KJV  Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Psalm 39:4 KJV  LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

John 14:6  KJV  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Ephesians 2:8-9  KJV  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 10:9-10  KJV That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,

May I thy consolation share,

Till from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height I view my home and take my flight.

This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise to seize the everlasting prize,

And shout while passing through the air, “Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!”