Jacksonville – Richard Allen "Dick" Hood, 74, of Jacksonville, North Carolina passed away on June 3, 2025 at Onslow Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Jones Funeral Home, Jacksonville with burial to follow at Onslow Memorial Park.

Dick was born on November 3, 1950 to the late Lonnie and Doris Hood.

Dick loved his God, his wife, his church family, his many friends who are too numerous to mention, fishing, and farming. He was a 30-year veteran of the State Highway Patrol and a charter member of Back Swamp VFD.

Dick was a strong, God-loving man, whose sometimes brusque manner, hid a heart of pure gold. Dick didn't know how to sit still and was always happiest being busy. He was always willing to lend a helping hand to projects, whether his or others, but he especially enjoyed serving his church as a Trustee and was usually one of the first to step forward to help in any way he could.

This wonderful man, with his bright, beautiful smile, was deeply loved and will be deeply and greatly missed.

Those left to cherish his memory include his best friend and love of his life, his wife of 53 years, Sharon M. Hood; sister, Sandy Mills (Mark) of Deep Run, NC; sister-in-law, Connie M. Wiggs of Pikeville, NC; nieces, nephews, and his "Favorite Aunt Faye" Forster of Nashville, TN; numerous cousins, and so many friends who became family over his lifetime.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Shriners Children's, The Wounded Warrior Project or Mt. Zion OFWB Church.

The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 to 2:00 PM