Jolaine Wood Lanier Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Jolaine Wood Lanier (Greensboro, North Carolina), who passed away on November 21, 2025, at the age of 83, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Jolaine Wood Lanier to show support.
In the soft embrace of remembrance, we recall the profound impact Jolaine had on those she encountered along her journey. Though Jolaine may have slipped beyond the veil of mortality, her essence lingers like a faint fragrance in the air, a lingering reminder of the beauty and complexity of the human experience.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Ernest Sylvester Wood and Ellen Azilee Cofield Wood. She is survived by: her daughters, Karissa Lanier Grasty (Tom) of Chapel Hill, NC and Dana Lauren Lanier Schaffer (Sam) of Boston, MA; her granddaughter Ernestine "Ernie" Clark Schaffer; and her cousin Jeannene Rutledge Poarch of Greensboro, NC..
In lieu of flowers please make donations in honor of Jolaine W. Lanier to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (http://www.alzfdn.org) or the Foundation Fighting Blindness (http://www.fightingblindness.org).
