Melanie Louise Davis Hood

In lieu of Flowers Please send donations to Crozet Elementary School, In Honor of Melanie Hood's Intiatives, 1407 Crozet Avenue, Crozet, VA. 22932 Melanie Louise Davis Hood transitioned peacefully at home on September 26, 2011 after a long battle with leukemia. She was forty-two. She was the youngest daughter of Anne Shervington Davis and the late Gerald Davis. Melanie attended The Baltimore School for the Arts from which she graduated in 1989 and received her bachelor’s degree from Hampton University in 1991 with a major in Art. She received her M.Ed. from Loyola College in Baltimore and became a certified counselor. Her career took her to many different paths. She was a children’s counselor at The House of Ruth for 8 years. She joined the Baltimore City Public Schools and did internships at Winston Middle School and Douglas High School. She became a full time guidance counselor at Lemmel Junior High where she worked for years. At the time of her death, she was a guidance counselor for Albemarle County elementary school in Crozet, Va. Melanie loved her career and was devoted to her school and to her children. In 2004, she met, Trenton Hood. They married two years later and Melanie moved to Charlottesville. There she quickly established a new life where she made many friends and quickly became engrossed in the culture of Virginia. She and Trent had a beautiful and intelligent daughter, Tristyn, who is now four. When Melanie’s illness progressed, the family moved back to Baltimore so that Melanie could receive her medical treatments. Melanie was quite an artist and truly loved drawing, painting, crafts, etc. In fact, at the time of her death, she was busy making fall wreaths for her friends and customers. While a high school student, Melanie had one of her paintings displayed in a number of local galleries and it was purchased by the Baltimore Public Schools to present to the schools in Denmark. She was an accomplished artist in many mediums. She was very diverse in genealogy and she and Trent enjoyed many hours searching their families. One of her favorite pastimes was spending time at her family’s Cape May beach home. She grew up there in the summers where she worked and enjoyed a host of friends along with Tracey Johnson and Nikki Cosby. Melanie while enjoying art had many other interests. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, former member of Jack and Jill of America, All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Melanie leaves many relatives and friends including her husband, Trenton and daughter, Tristyn, stepson, Carlos F. Hood Mother ,Anne, sisters Alison Davis Hillen and Penny Davis Morris, mother-in-law, Carolyn Smith, nephew, Hiro Morris , Aunt, Carol Shervington Wright,and cousin, Julian Wright In lieu of flowers please send contributions to Crozet Elementary School, Crozet, Va.( Memo) to Melanie Hood Fund

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Melanie Louise Davis Hood

March 13, 1969 - September 26, 2011