Beverly Grace Bryson Wood, 85, of Chester, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Roswell A. and Grace Helene McGregor Bryson. Mrs. Wood was a substitute teacher in Chesterfield for a number of years and was a member of the Girl Scouts, Red Hat Society and Chester Senior Women's Club. She enjoyed painting at the Shepard Center and loved performing in the theater with the John Rolfe Players. She is survived by her loving husband, David Wood; daughters, Grace Elizabeth McGlynn and husband, Patrick, Colleen Beverly Córdova and husband, David, Cynthia Anne Wood and husband, Gregory Driscoll, and Allison Ruth Theriault and husband, Kevin; grandchildren, Rachel Elizabeth Nagy, Alexander Bryson Nagy, Cristina Celeste Córdova, Esteban Tristan Córdova, Sean David McGlynn and Brian Patrick McGlynn; numerous friends and loved ones. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2014 at Chester United Methodist Church, 12132 Percival St, Chester, Virginia 23831, with Pastor Silvia Meadows officiating. A reception will follow the service at church. Flowers are welcome, or donations may be made to the Shepard Center, 6800 Lucy Corr Blvd, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Arrangements by the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory, 2033 Boulevard. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.