Obituaries:  (Mr. Woody) Aten Woodrow, Sabine Parish       W-360
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 26, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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(Mr. Woody) Aten Woodrow 
  
  Funeral services for (Mr. Woody) Aten Woodrow, 84, of DeBerry. 
Texas were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22 al Chapel of Sallie 
Lipsey Funeral Home in Carthage with Bro. Larry Wiley and Bro. 
Dick Sawyer officiating under the direction of Sallie Lipsey 
Funeral Home. 
  
  Graveside services were held at II a.m. Monday, April 24 at 
Bayou Scie near Many with the Rev. Adrian Fairchild officiating. 
  
  Mr. Woodrow died Thursday, April 20 in Baton Rouge. He was born 
in Zwolle on October 21. 1915. He was the son of Willie J. and 
Ada Eudora Chandler Aten. He served in the European Theater 
during World War II with the United States Army. Mr. Aten was 
awarded the Purple Heart in Austria. Later he worked as an oil 
field worker and retired from Exxon Corporation in 1977. After 
retirement, Mr. Aten moved to DeBerry and was a member of DeBerry 
Baptist Church and a member of VFW. He was preceded in death by a 
daughter, Priscialla. 
  
  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Dee Aten of DeBerry; daughter 
and son-in-law, Rebecca and C.J. Dawson of DeBerry; three 
grandchildren, Richard Dawson, Shane Dawson and wife, 'Mandy and 
Crystal Dawson, all of DeBerry; one great-grandson, Arlen Dawson 
of DeBerry and a host of nieces and nephews. 
  
  Sallie Lipsey Funeral Home Carthage, Texas