Photo by Mike Brothers
Dedicating the Cotton Wood Pavilion were: Back from left: Lion Dave Reed, Lion Roger Tice, Lion Jesse Barker, Mayor Richard Glazebrook, for First Community Bank Reid Molzen; front Lion President Verna Tice, Cotton’s son Steve Wood, Lion Coach John Ruscin, Lion Lynn Elder, and David Daily of Moultrie County Redi Mix.

•October 30, 2019•
By Mike Brothers

It took a couple of years and a bit of fund-raising, but the Cotton Wood Pavilion on the square in Sullivan was recently dedicated.
What began with discussions to put a shelter on the lot at the south corner of Jefferson and Main streets grew to include a commemoration of longtime community advocate, abstractor and Lions Club member Ivan D. “Cotton” Wood.
Lions president Verna Tice explained that Cotton’s 50 years as a member gave the club members inspiration to participate in the pavilion project.
“Lions are known for helping people with sight and hearing issues,” Verna said, noting the Lions contribution to the pavilion is a nice way to honor his memory.
Verna’s husband Roger was a Lions Club member while Cotton was active.
“When I worked at the bank, I would drop by the abstract office, and Cotton would tell me the history of real estate ownership,” Tice recalled, noting Cotton recalled just about every land transaction in the county and could give ownership lineage in detail.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.