As posted by Ashley Thomas Woodward about his father Willie Armond "Papa" Woodward.
BEE HIVES
DADDY HAD SEVERAL BEE HIVES WHEN HE WAS AT WORK AND THE BEES WOULD SWARM WE HAD TO GET BUCKETS OR WASH TUBS AND BEAT ON THEM WITH A STICK AND THAT WOULD MAKE THEM LIGHT IN A NEAR BY TREE AND WHEN HE CAME HOME HE WOULD CUT THE LIMB AND PUT THEM IN A HIVE. MOST OF THE TIME HE USED THE HAT WITH THE MESH BUT ONE TIME I GUESS HE GOT BRAVE AND DIDN'T USE THE HAT AND WAS STUNG SO MANY TIMES HE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN ALEXANDER HIS FACE WAS SWOLLEN SO BAD I THINK HE HAD TO STAY A FEW DAYS.
BEE HIVES
DADDY HAD SEVERAL BEE HIVES WHEN HE WAS AT WORK AND THE BEES WOULD SWARM WE HAD TO GET BUCKETS OR WASH TUBS AND BEAT ON THEM WITH A STICK AND THAT WOULD MAKE THEM LIGHT IN A NEAR BY TREE AND WHEN HE CAME HOME HE WOULD CUT THE LIMB AND PUT THEM IN A HIVE. MOST OF THE TIME HE USED THE HAT WITH THE MESH BUT ONE TIME I GUESS HE GOT BRAVE AND DIDN'T USE THE HAT AND WAS STUNG SO MANY TIMES HE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN ALEXANDER HIS FACE WAS SWOLLEN SO BAD I THINK HE HAD TO STAY A FEW DAYS.
Mary Salvail 
