Upson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Brittain Lloyd Woodall December 21 1985
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Graveside services were held for Mr. Brittain Lloyd (B. Lloyd) Woodall Sr., 86, 
of Barnesville, in the Milner Cemetery Monday morning, Dec. 23, 1985 at 
11:00a.m.  The Rev. Mac Driver officiated.  Mr. Woodall died in the Griffin-
Spalding County hospital Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21.
Graveside services were held in Milner Cemetery.  Haisten Funeral Home of 
Barnesville was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Woodall was a native of Milner and had lived in Barnesville for many 
years.  He was a graduate of Gordon Institute and attended Danville Military 
Institute in Danville.  Mr. Goodall was awarded a scholarship to play college 
baseball for being an avid baseball fan.
Mr. Woodall founded B. Lloyd's chain of pecan stores in 1929 with 25 stores in 
operation before World War 11.
Of these stores one is in operation today in South Carolina and a large retail 
order and wholesale business is used in Barnesville.  He had a booth at the 
World's Fair in New York in 1939.  He was a member of and served as president 
of the Pecan Growers Association.
Mr. Woodall served as president of S. Highway 41 Association and led a parade 
to Miami, Fl to Chicago, Ill. when it officially opened.
He was a member and former resident of the Barnesville Rotary Club, a member of 
(maybe Pinta Lodge No.  F.&A.M.,(too light too read......He was a former member 
of ?????//.   He was a former member of ? of Trustees of Gordon Military 
College.  He served as a member on the Board of Directors of First National 
Bank of Barnesville.  Mr. and Mrs. Woodall celebrated their 50th wedding 
anniversary on Jan. 5.   He was a member of the First United Methodist Church 
of Barnesville.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Clement Woodall of Barnesville, two 
daughters;  Mrs. Barbara Ann Flournoy of Macon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Pogue of 
Clearwater, Fl., son Mr. B. Lloyd Woodal, Jr., of ?, S.C., one sister, Mrs. 
Sally ? Domingos of Milner.  Five grandchildren also survive. (?'s are for text 
that is not readable)


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