JANE WOOD

Jane Roberts Wood was born on July 7, 1928, in Memphis, Texas, and died on January 19, 2022. She was raised in Texarkana, Texas. Married first to Winston H. Roberts and, after his death, to Judson W. Wood, she lived in Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas and Argyle. She taught English and writing in the Dallas County Community College System and published several widely respected novels, including The Train to Estelline. She is survived by her children, Melinda Allien Roberts, Susan Jane Roberts Read and David Judson Wood as well her grandchildren, Annabel and Tommy Roberts-McMichael, Alex and Catherine Read, Charlie Wood and Victoria, Clint and Sarah Scott. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to be made to St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Flower Mound, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church (Main Street) in Arlington, the Fort Worth Public Library and the DeGolyer Library at SMU.