Troup County  Georgia Obits  Mrs. W. D. Woodyard

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"LaGrange Reporter", Friday, March 27, 1908

Death of Mrs. W. D. Woodyard

   On Friday last at her home in West Point, Mrs. Minnie E. Woodyard, wife of W. D. Woodyard , died suddenly. She was the eldest daughter of the late J. J. Ware and Mrs. Ware and the last of their children. She was about 38 years of age, and was married in this city to Mr. Woodyard about twenty years ago, since which time she has made her home in West Point. She was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive her. The funeral services were held in West Point at 2:30 o’clock on Saturday afternoon last, conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. C. Cleckler, and interment was in the West Point cemetery. A large number of friends and family was present, many going down from LaGrange to pay a last sad tribute to her memory.

   Mrs. Woodyard was widely known here and at West Point, and universally esteemed for her purity of life, her devotion to duty, and high ideals of Christian life to which she attained. She was a model wife and mother, and most devoted  daughter, and her sad death leaves a void in the hearts of her loved ones which will never be filled.

   To the bereaved husband and children deep sympathy is extended by all.

   To the mother whose great love was centered in the only child left her, and who so often  before has drank deep from the cup of sorrow, all hearts go out in greatest sympathy. May the promises of God lift all sorrow from her heart, may He deal gently with her, and gladden her declining years with the full knowledge that beyond the skies she will be united with her loved ones, never 
   
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