H P Woody

Mr. H. P. Woody Mr. Henry Paul Woody, 79, retired farmer and manager of Maury Farmers Co-op from 1947 to 1987 and resident of Wedgewood Drive, died Saturday, April 10, 2004 at Life Care of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Cordell Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday after 3:00 p.m., concluding with a Masonic Service at 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1106 Nashville Highway, Columbia 38401 or Santa Fe Cemetery Fund, c/o Burton Woody, 4829 Snow Creek Road, Santa Fe, 38482. A native of the Santa Fe Community, he was the son of the late John Newton Woody and Sammie Pauline Pigg Woody and a 1942 graduate of Santa Fe High School. A member of Benton Masonic Lodge #111 in Santa Fe for 54 years, he was a York Rite Mason, 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and the Royal Order of Scotland. He was a long-time Director of Middle Tennessee Bank and more recently Community First Bank. He was also a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a former member of the Columbia Rotary Club. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mary Helen Fitzgerald Woody of Columbia; two sons, Ronnie (Sandra) Woody of Spring Hill and Barry (Laura) Woody of Goodlettsville; four grandchildren, Jon (Dana) Woody, Melissa Woody, Kelly Woody and Jason Moss; three brothers, Allen Woody and Burton (Gladys) Woody of Santa Fe and George (Barbara) Woody of Columbia; a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Joyce Woody of Santa Fe. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jefferson Woody. Active pallbearers are Gary Woody, Donnie Woody, Kent Woody, Larry Allen, Wayne Woody, Charles Woody, Jason Moss, Jon Woody, Fred Woody and Ben Woody.