kay hood, 87, of North Palm Beach, went to heaven on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was born to the late Bettie Collie Flowe, on january 1, 1920, in Mecklenburg County, NC. kay worked for Dreher Meat Packing Plant as a Machine Operator for 22 years before her retirement. She loved flowers, birds, music and singing. kay was a longtime member of Royal Pines Church, where she enjoyed friendship and fellowship with the ladies at the church. In addition to
her mother, she is preceded in death by her husband, EDWARD E HOOD, Sr.; her son,EDWARD E HOOD, Jr.; two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include her son, Mitchell hood (Linda), of Columbia, SC; eight grandchildren, Lisa Brown, Kenneth Hall, Angela Purvis, Donald Prochaska, Sherry Williams, Earnest Broughton, III, Jason Broughton, and Renee Weaver; 17 greatgrandchildren; four greatgreat grandchildren; and a daughter-in-law, Bobbie Broughton. The funeral service for Mrs. Broughton will be held 3 o’clock, Saturday, March 16th, at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia, with the Rev. Nancy Brazell officiating. Burial will follow the service in Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens, 2603 Two Notch Road, Columbia