Obit of Woodard, Bobbie  - Jackson County, Oklahoma

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Woodard, Bobbie

Bobbie Woodard July 26, 1920 - Sept. 12, 2006 Bobbie Banks Woodard 
was born in Hess, Oklahoma on July 26, 1920 into the pioneer family 
of Clarence and Ollie Banks. She passed away September 12, 2006. Her 
grandfather, Sam Banks, was the Jackson County (Oklahoma) sheriff. As 
a child, she would go go the top of the county jail to visit her 
grandpa since that is where the sheriff and his family lived. Bobbie 
was present during an attempted jail break. As was the custom of 
those times, the sheriff's family was not to be injured during any 
such attempt. The breakout was foiled by Sheriff Banks and his 
deputies. She worked in the first self-service grocery store in 
Altus, Oklahoma. Later, during World War II, Bobbie worked for 
McDonald Douglass as a "Rosie the Riveter" where she built C-47 and 
B-25 bombers. A lifelong member of the Church of Christ, she attended 
the Thomas Street church in Altus for many years before moving to 
Bakersfield in 2003 when she began attending Westside Church of 
Christ. Bobbie married Royden Woodard, who died in 1978. She lived in 
Bakersfield with her daughter, Jayne Lee. She had two other children, 
Julie Ketcham of Little Rock, Arkansas and Dean Woodard of 
Washington, D.C. She had eight grandchildren and 13 great-
grandchildren Bobbie's family would like to thank the staff at 
Glenwood Gardens and Hoffman Hospice along with Dr. Edward Nichols 
for their loving and tender care. Services will be held in Altus, 
Oklahoma on Friday, September 22, 2006.

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 9/20/2006.
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