Massac County IL Archives Obituaries.....Woods, Orris Francis July 4, 1968
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METROPOLIS NEWS - 11JUL1968 - ORRIS WOODS, 80, BROOKPORT, DIES; SERVICES HELD
Funeral services were held Sunday for Orris Francis Woods, 80, 402 W. 3rd St., 
Brookport, who died 04Jul at Massac Memorial Hospital.
Services were held at the Kennedy Funeral Home chapel, Brookport, with the Rev. 
Roosevelt Denson & Jack Caraker officiating with burial in the Mt. Sterling 
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were William Dunn, Roy Little, Ronnie Farmer, Melvin Souders, Perry 
Laird & James Vick.  Organ selections were by Mrs. Juanita Smith.
The following obituary was read at the services: 
Orris Francis Woods, the son of Francis & Anna Byrd Poe Woods was born 
13Jun1888 in Massac Co., IL.  Passed from this life 04Jul1968 at Massac 
Memorial Hospital at the age of 80 years & 21 days.
He was united in marriage to Kate Hunt on 13Dec1911.  To this union 2 children 
were born.  One having died in infancy & Aline passed from this life in Feb1965.
Orris was a member of Mt. Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Those left to mourn the loss of this dear one: his wife, Mrs. Kate Woods, 
Brookport; 1 brother, Earnest Woods, Denver, CO; 2 sisters, Mrs. Nellie Babb, 
Reading, MI; & Mrs. Iva Lane, Norman, OK; 1 half-sister, Mrs. Euna Flowers, 
Phoenix, AZ; a nephew, George Woods Smith, Brookport.  Many other relatives & 
friends.
A precious one from us is gone.
The Voice we loved is stilled - 
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.

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