Dale County AlArchives News.....Deaths December 13 1989
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Southern Star
Southern Star Wed.Dec.13, 1989 page 12.
        OBITUARIES

     Elisha Woodard
OZARK...Elisha Woodard, 66, of Teal Court, Ozark died at his home
Thursday morning, December 7 following an illness of several months.
  Funeral services were held Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Stonebridge Church of 
God with Revs. Roger Abernathy, Floyd Ingram and Randy Hayes officiating.
  Burial followed in the Union Presbyterian cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston 
Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Military honors were conducted at
graveside.
  Mr. Woodard was a native and life long resident of Dale County.
He retired from civil service at Fort Rucker, was a veteran of World
War II where he served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. During his tour
of service he received the Bronze Star, Philippine Liberation Ribbon
with a Bronze Star, Army Occupation Ribbon [Japan], Victory Ribbon, two 
overseas service bars. Mr.Woodard was preceded in death by a daughter, 
Ernestine Woodard.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sara Woodard, Ozark; two daughters and sons-
in-law, Mrs. Evelyn Sharp and Howard Sharp, Eustis, VA and Mrs. Shelia Robinson 
and Mike Robinson, Portland, Mich; two sons and daughters-in-law, Randall 
Woodard and Debbie Woodard, Ozark and Edward Woodard and Myra Woodard of 
Newton; seven grandchildren also survive.

    Raymond Burl Walding
MIDLAND CITY- Raymond Burl Walding, 73, of Midland City Rt. 1, died Tuesday 
afternoon. Dec. 5, in a Dothan hospital after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 in the Cedar
Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Kenneth Goss, Fletcher Smoak and L.R. 
Galloway officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Holman-Headland 
Mortuary directing.
  A lifelong resident of the Cedar Grove Community, near Midland City, Mr. 
Walding attended the First Assembly of God Church of Midland City. He was a 
farmer.
  Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. Elon Brown Walding, Midland City; 
three daughters and two sons in law, Barbara and Ray Okerson and Martha and 
Johnny Pybus, Midland City, and Janice Fay Woods, Aurora, Colorado; two sons 
and daughters in law. Jimmy and Marie Walding, Dothan, Ray and Martha Walding, 
Midland City; sister, Mrs. Leia Woodham, Ozark; 11 grandchildren and one great 
grandchild also survive.

 
    Saxon D. Dykes
Clio...Mr. Saxon~D~Dykes, 75, Route 1, Clio died Thursday, December 7, 1989 in 
the Tuskegee V.A. Hospital following a brief illness.
  Funeral services were held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 10, from the Salem 
Baptist Church Cemetary with the Rev. Dean Gatch and the Rev. Ed Peters 
officiating. Interment followed with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
  Mr. Dykes was a native of Dale County having lived most of his life in Dale 
and Barbour counties. He was a veteran of WW 11, serving in the U.S. Navy as a 
recruit instructor. Mr. Dykes was an educator for many years in public schools, 
serving in various capacities including principle, before retiring as an agent 
for Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. in 1976. He
also served as the Justice of the Peace in Clio. He was a member of the Blue 
Springs Masonic Lodge, #582 and a member of the Salem Baptist Church.
  Survivors include his wife, Mrs.Mary Norton Dykes, Clio; one daughter, 
Malissa Nolin, Ariton; one son, Mr. Saxon Dykes, Jr., Crestview; two step-
daughters, Mrs. Pat Shirley, Millbrook, Mrs. Mary Grantham, Titus; two step-
sons, Mr. Bobby Grice and Mr. Donald Grice, both of Pensacola;
two grandchildren; one great grandchild; several nieces and nephews
also survive.
  Memorials may be made to the Salem Baptist Church Cemetary Fund in care of 
Salem Baptist Church, Rt. 2, Ariton, Al. 36311.
  (This was the half brother of Harold Stephens Grandmother Hattie Dykes Hughes)


     Mrs.Lucille Grubbs
OZARK- Mrs. Lucille Grubbs, 89, of 106 Larkin St., Ozark, died December 4, 1989 
in the Dale County Hospital.
 The funeral was held Saturday, Dec. 9 at First Missionary Baptist Church in 
Ozark with Dr. S.C. Jackson officiating. Burial was in the Ozark City Cemetery 
with Trawick's Funeral Home directing.
  Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Martel Wilson; six grandchildren, nine 
great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and many friends and relatives 
also survive.


     Willie Stokes
Willie Stokes, 54, of Valentine St., Ozark, died Saturday, Dec. 9, in a Dothan 
hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be 
announced later through Trawick's Funeral Home.





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