Jacqueline Dod

of Hoover, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2009 at the age of 70. She was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and attended Tuscaloosa County High School. Jackie loved music and taught herself to play the piano. She was active at First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa and played clarinet in the Tuscaloosa High band as well as the University of Alabama Million Dollar Band. After raising her children, she went back to college and earned a degree in nursing at UAB. Jackie was very proud of her profession in the CVOR at UAB Hospital. She retired in 1994, and began to travel the world. Jackie skied in Colorado, and bungee jumped in Australia, cruised in Alaska, Cajun danced across the South, wandered through Turkey, shopped in London and her last trip took her across the Great Wall of China. Through all her travels she always returned to play a mean game of bridge with her friends at The Club and Altadena Country Club. She was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church but, loved a good sermon and choir wherever she was. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Eli Dod; her parents, Myrton and Inez Tucker; a sister, Jean Johnson. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela Dod Hancock (Jim); a son, Robert M Dod (Teresa); two grandaughters, Jessica and Katherine; a sister, Judy Cameron (John); a brother, Ben Tucker (Judie) and her longtime companion, George Callen. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 6-8 PM at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home, Highway 150, Hoover. A chapel service will be held Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South.