Gage Wood

Gage Mickenzie Wood, 21 year old lifelong Seminole County, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Saturday, July 23, 2016 following a tragic automobile accident in Seminole County.  He was born October 10, 1994 in Ada, Oklahoma to parents Carrie Lynne (Alps) Brock and Steven Coy Wood. Gage attended Maud Public Schools through the 5th grade and then transferred to Tecumseh through the 9th grade and then to Seminole High School where he proudly became a Chieftain and bled green and white for the Seminole Chieftain Football program.  He wore #62 and was a 2013-2014 All-State Football Player.  Gage was also a power-lifter and was on the track and field team where he participated in the shot put and discus throwing.  He was also a member of the fellowship of Christian athletes.  Gage was a proud Chieftain and was also proud to be one of Coach Snyder’s boys. Gage was also a member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Maud, Oklahoma were he was active in church and then grew to serve as a youth leader  on several mission trips with the church and church camps. Gage was a member of the Muscogee Creek and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma.  He was currently attending college of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.  Gage was soon to begin classes at OSU Institute of Technology in Okmulgee where he was entering the pipelining program. There are so many things that can be said about Gage, but his smile said it all and his kind heart will always be remembered by those lives he touched in sports, Church, school and just in every day life to help them see the brighter side of things, that there was a way out and he would help them get there. The world is a little duller today because Gage Mickenzie Wood left this world with the light, joy and love he emitted. He will forever be a void in our earthly hearts, but rest assured he was in a very good, joyous purposeful path in his life. He is no doubt running and laughing the streets of gold having the time of his life that we can only dream of and one day we will be welcomed by his big arms and smile and all will be well with our souls again. Gage leaves to cherish his loving memories his mother, Carrie Brock and her husband Todd of Wewoka, Oklahoma; his father, Steven Wood and his wife Debbie of Maud, Oklahoma; his maternal grandparents, Pam and Alvin Gregory of Maud, Oklahoma; by brothers, Colton Coy Wood and his wife Hillary of Wewoka, Oklahoma, Jesse Ray “J.R.” Brock of Wewoka, Oklahoma, step-brother Darren Blocker of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Ivan Djurkovic of Podgorico, Montenegro; one sister, Robyn Tarpley of Midwest City, Oklahoma; maternal grandfather, Don Alps and his wife Sam of Missouri; by his fiancé, Lexie Scroggins of Wewoka, Oklahoma; by his aunts and uncles, Toni Conroy and her husband, Sean of Randlett, Oklahoma, Julie Wood of Yukon, Oklahoma, Robbie Wood of Maud, Oklahoma, Sujata Sturm of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Ardena Schroeder of Burkburnett, Texas, Clarice King and her husband Dion of Wichita Falls, Texas, Stanley Gregory and his wife April of Maud, Oklahoma, Dee’L Baldwin of Wewoka, Oklahoma, Susi Garner of Maud, Oklahoma, Wendy Alps of Colorado, Dy Cymraes of Maryland, TyRay Brock of Shawnee, Oklahoma; Aunts, Robin Pack and Tara Pack of Maud, Oklahoma; great-aunts, Doris Richmond of Seminole, Oklahoma, Clarice Morris of Seminole, Oklahoma; and a host of other family and dear friends. Gage was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Robert Wood, his paternal grandmother, Josephine Schroeder and her husband, Touie Schroeder, maternal great grandmother, Jean Baldridge. A wake service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma with Farron Coody officiating the service. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 29, 2016 at the First Baptist Church located at 420 Reid Street in Seminole, Oklahoma with Rev. Rusty McMullen officiating the service.  Interment will follow at Cummings Cemetery in Maud, Oklahoma. Casket Bearers will be: Nate Crawford, Cody England, Colton Eeds, Gage Johnson, Derick Roberts, Randy Loman, Brandon Dodson, and Chris Wolf. Honorary Bearers will be: Seminole Chieftain Football players and Coaches, Eric Gonzales, Dillion Sturm, Skyler Schroeder, Quinton Rowland, Cody Hodges, Brittany Oswald, Megan Schroeder, Yahnana Gonzales, Bailey Zellers, Brandy Zellers,  Bree Zellers, Daniel Alps and Jerimiah Beman. The family has requested that donations be sent to Seminole High School for the Gage Wood memorial Football Scholarship fund c/o Coach Snyder, P.O. Box 1031, Seminole, Oklahoma 74818-1031 or, to the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in memory of Gage Wood, P.O. Box 1828, Seminole, Oklahoma 74818-1828. Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral Information: July 29, 2016, 11:00 AM First Baptist Church - Seminole located at 420 Reid Street, Seminole, OK 74868