Janet Wood Deese, age 53, of 202 Saunders Rd., Troy died Friday, March 27, 2009.Mrs. Deese was born May 22, 1955 in Montgomery County, NC. She was a member of Love Joy United Methodist Church and a former employee of the Montgomery County Tax Department. She was preceded in death by her father, E H Wood, Jr.She is survived by one daughter: Jennifer Deese of Chapel Hill; mother: Mary Ruth (Poole) Wood, of Troy; three sisters: Suzanne W Luther of Goldston, Barbara W Hinson of Mt. Gilead, Patricia W Moody of Troy; two brothers: E H (Sonny) Wood, III of Maxton and Robert Wood of Troy; one grandson.The family will receive friends at the home. The funeral will be Sunday at 3:00 pm at Love Joy United Methodist Church, Substation Rd., Troy with Rev. Tommy Haynes officiating. Burial will be in Love Joy United Methodist Church Cemetery.Memorials may be made to the Free Wheelchair Mission, PO Box 513538, Los Angeles, CA 90051-3538.Arrangements by Pugh-Troy Funeral Home