St. Clair County Obits

BILLY T. WOODS

Clinton Daily Democrat
2 January 2004
Billy Taylor Woods was born on a farm near Stockton June 1, 1919, to Alva B. and Molly Castleberry Woods and died Monday, December 29, 2003, at Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola. He was 84.
He farmed with his father and was a veteran of World War II, serving his country in the Army Air Corps from 1941-45, serving 32 months in Australia and New Guinea.
He married Donna Lou Wilson of Deepwater November 7, 1944. He was employed with Dickey Tile Factory in Deepwater, 1946-1953, along with crop farming and milking cows. He worked on numerous construction jobs and with the beginning ground work at the Kansas City Power and Light Plant in Montrose.
He was preceded in death by his wife Donna Lou; his parents, Alva and Molly Woods; brothers, Arlie and Harry Molder, Guy Woods, sisters, Clara Sampsel, Bessie Armstrong, Jesse Armstrong and two great-granddaughters.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Harvey and Carolyn Woods, Roscoe; daughters and sons-in-law, Jackie and Larry Cutler, Della and Jerry Peterson, Fairen Coleman, Glindell and Robert Price Jr., Cleta and Mike Clark, Taloa and Johnny Culbertson, Lowry City, Naressa and Ed Veach, Osceola; 22 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren; brother, Abbie Woods, Lowry City; sister, Flossie Bledsoe, Clinton; numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services were Friday, January 2, at Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel, Osceola. Burial was in Deepwater Cemetery.