Welton "Gene" Hood, 76, of Trenton, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at his residence.

He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Trenton Mills, member of Branham Tabernacle Church and an U.S. Air Force Veteran.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home. Burial will be in Dyer County Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Survivors include his three daughters, Connie Putman and husband, Dale, Michelle Utley and husband, Bill, and Samantha Henry and husband, James Roy, all of Trenton; a sister, Earline Brooks of Dyersburg; a brother, Bill Hood of Oak Brook, IL; five grandchildren, Jay Hooper, Geoffrey Utley, Susan Hooper, Emily Putman and Jordan Henry; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Carneice Ogden Hood; his parents, Silas and Georgia Corder Hood; a sister, Dolly Birholtz; and two brothers, Ozell Hood and Clifford Hood.

Pallbearers will be Dale Putman, Jay Hooper, Bill Utley, Geoffrey Utley, James Roy Henry and Sam Vestal.

Online condolences may be sent to our website at www.dyersburgfuneralhome.net