James "Woody" Woodward
SHREVEPORT, LA - Graveside services celebrating the life of James "Woody" Woodward, also known as Papa, will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 2, 2012, at Forest Park West Cemetery. Officiating will be Father Joseph Kallookalam.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Rose-Neath Marshall Street Funeral Home.
Woody was born May 9, 1929 in Campti, LA and passed away Thursday, June 28, 2012, after a brief illness. He was a devout member of St. Pius X Catholic Church. Woody was owner of Woodward Coffee Company where selling coffee to his customers was not his only priority. He was their friend and would do anything for them. Woody once delivered a goat from Campti, LA to Texarkana, AR in his Volkswagon to an anxiously waiting customer. Woody served his country proudly in the U.S. Air Force and was in photography in the Berlin Airlift. Woody enjoyed working with the youth and volunteered his time as Treasurer with Sports for Boys. A man of many interests, he will be missed dearly by family and friends.
His parents, Willie and Vivian Woodward, brothers, William and Ashley Woodward, sisters, Mackie Hester and Ruby Salvail, and several nephews preceded James in death. Survivors are his wife, Lucy Jennings Woodward; sons, Willie, Toby, and James John Woodward; daughter, Charlene Boles; stepsons, Tommy, Roy, and Ricky Turner and special stepson, Keith Randolph; stepdaughter, Sandy Miner; grandchildren, Jamie Willett, TJ and Jessica Boles, James, Kadee, and Mykel Woodward, Chris and Crystal Woodward, and Daniel, Angel and Jonathan Woodward; several great grandchildren; Papa Woody to several step grandchildren, and step great grandchildren; siblings, Betty Gay, Marie Woodward, Teny Todd, and Ellen Barr; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Honoring Woody, as pallbearers will be Chester Todd, Tommy Gayer, Barry Woodward, Jeff Salvail, Terry Gordy, Ricky Woodward, Jimmy Barr, Joey Hester, and Keith Randolph.
The family extends their sincere thanks to the NSICU at LSU Health and Science Center for the professional and loving care of Woody. You were his "Angels" on earth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Pius X Catholic Church or Special Olympics.
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