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HAMILTON
- Services for Rufus Avery Woods, Sr., 81, who died
Tuesday, Jan. 3rd at Pioneer Community Hospital of Aberdeen,
will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 7th in the
Tisdale-Lann Memorial Aberdeen Chapel with Dr. Roy McHenry
officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Woods was born in Monroe County to Rufus Corneleaus and Lackie
Madison Woods. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County and a
retired truck driver for Texaco Oil. He was a member of
Bartahatchie Baptist Church.
He leaves his wife, Opal Earline Griffin Woods of Hamilton; two
daughters, Jenny Butler and Michelle Woods, both of Hamilton; a
son, Rufus Woods, Jr. and wife, Janet of Aberdeen; two sisters,
Dora Rye and Margie Griggs, both of Hamilton; two brothers, Leon
Woods and wife Ann of Aberdeen and Grafton Woods of Hamilton;
six grandchildren, Charles Butler, Jr., Nicky Estes, Tony Woods,
Brittany Woods, Jennifer Woods and Ashley Woods; seven great grandchildren,
Victoria Butler, Wyatt Butler, Bonnie Butler, Autumn Estes,
Karah Estes, Dylan Woods, and David Woods.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Pauline Woods; a
brother, George Woods, Sr.
Pallbearers will be Tony Woods, Randy Motes, Wyatt Butler, James
Whitlock, Lalrry Leavell, and George Woods, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dylan Woods, David Woods, Leon Woods, and
Grafton Woods.
Visitation will be from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6th at the
funeral home.
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