Julia Page Wood

Julia Page Wood, age 79, of Asheboro passed away on September 30, 2024 at Forsyth Medical Center.

Julia was born in Tampa, FL on August 17, 1945 to William Penn Wood and Cornelia Hunt Hedrick Wood. She was a 1967 graduate of the University of Chattanooga where she was a member of the Chi Omega Sorority. Julia was a special education teacher with the Lauderdale County, Tennessee School System. She returned to Asheboro in 1992 and was a very active member of the Randolph Book Club. Due to untimely death of her daughter, Lee Page Viar in 1973, Julia became very active in promoting research and awareness about Reyes Syndrome. In addition to her daughter, Julia was preceded in death by her parents, William and Cornelia Wood, paternal grandparents, John Kerr Wood (Nettie MacAulay), and maternal grandparents, Edward Lawrence Hedrick, Sr. (Gladys Page).

She is survived by her son, Charles Viar, Jr. of Asheboro; sister, Cornelia Wood Stoudemire of Hickory; and brother, William Penn Wood III (Beth Louise) of Johns Creek, GA.

A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date at Oaklawn Cemetery in Asheboro.

Pugh Funeral Home in Asheboro is serving the Wood family.