Essie Mae Wood, age 93, passed away November 3, 2025.

She is preceded in death by her children, Lonnie Dunnam, Bruce Dunnam, and Mary Love; parents, Lonnie “Big Man” and Fanny Pierce; siblings, Loistein, John Wayne, Alice, Billy, Faulk, Bo, Donna Faye, James, Lonnie, and an infant brother; fathers of her children, Melton Dunnam and Leonard Wood; daughter-in-law, Tonya Dunnam.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Melton Dunnam, Janet Williamson, Randy (Paula) Dunnam, Leonard Dunnam, Jimmy Dunnam; grandchildren, John Dunnam, Kimberly Williamson, Allen Dunnam, Thomas Dunnam, Stanley (Destiny) Dunnam, Haley Dunnam, Jenny Dunnam, Stephine (Bobby) Maggard, Shaun Dunnam, Curtis Dunnam; great grandchildren, Alaya Dunnam, James Dunnam, and numerous other great grandchildren; special friends, Chirstopher Peavy and David Keel; numerous other relatives and friends.

The Visitation will be Friday, November 7, 2025 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Moments Funeral Home. The Funeral Service will begin at 2:00 PM in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Stephen Crigler officiating. Burial will follow in Rocky Creek Cemetery.    

Moments Funeral Home, locally owned and operated, is honored to be in charge of arrangements.