Harvey "Buster" Hood

December 30, 2017

Mr. Harvey “Buster” Reid Hood, age 84, died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. The family will receive friends from 1:30 p.m. until 2:45 p.m., Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Barry Yates and the Rev. Daniel Porter officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., Mr. Hood was a son of the late Harvey Watson Hood and Leola Hadwin Hood. He graduated from Indian Land High School and DeVry University in Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Mr. Hood proudly served in the U.S. Army in the Tank Corp during the Korean War, and was a member of the American Legion Post 250. He was a retired engineer with WBTV - Jefferson Pilot Communications for more than 45 years. He was a lifetime member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. He enjoyed restoring and driving old cars and operating tractors; but his greatest love was his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Jean Collins Hood; two daughters, Robin Cook (Butch) of Fort Mill and Pam Weatherford (Billy) of Rock Hill; three grandchildren, Cathaleen Gray (John), Amanda Lucas (Adam), and Tiffany Weatherford; two great-grandchildren, Harvey and Ella Gray; and his brother, Jim Hood of Indian Land. He was preceded in death by his brother, Barney Kell Hood. Memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675; or to the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Youth Missions Trip Fund, 211 Marvin Road, Indian Land, SC 29707.