Stephen M. Hood

Stephen M. “Sam” Hood, a retired industrial construction company owner, graduated from Kentucky Military Institute, Marshall University (BBA, 1976) and is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Sam is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Gray Education Society and a past president of the Board of Directors of Confederate Memorial Hall Museum in New Orleans. He lives in Myrtle Beach, SC, with his wife of 47 years, Martha, and is the proud father of two sons, Derek and Taylor. Sam is a collateral descendant of Confederate General John Bell Hood.