A.M. “Woody” Woodward Jr., 96, passed away on Thursday, June 25 2017, in Hoschton Ga.
He was born August 31, 1920, in Jerrell, Texas, the son of A.M. and Lola Woodward.
He enlisted in the United States Army on October 8, 1940. In the 71st Signal Corp in World War II he served in Algeria-French Morocco, Sicily, Naples-Fogia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Central Europe, and Rhineland. Following victory in Europe he was on leave getting ready to proceed to the Pacific when the WWII ended. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant on September 9, 1945, with the EAME Campaign Medal with seven bronze stars and one Bronze Arrow-head.
He went back to work for Southwestern Bell (part of AT&T). In November 1946 he married Virgie Bell Turner of Clifton, Texas. They had one son, Don Woodward. Woody and Virgie were married 63 years until she passed in April 2010.
Woody worked for Southwestern Bell for 33 years before retiring. He had some amazing experiences with the phone company. For example, he was picked to install the president’s secret service phone system with international hot lines for LBJ at the “White House on the Perdernales” in December1963 right after JFK had been shot. Years later after retiring he was working as airport security when Ladybird Johnson was passing through and stopped and recognized him as her “Phone man”.
He was a Mason, Hill City Lodge #456, Austin Scottish Rite, and a Shriner, Ben Hur Shrine Temple and Patrol Unit. He was a member of the Crestview United Methodist Church in Austin.
After he and Virgie retired, they enjoyed traveling. They took several cruises and toured the US in one of a series of increasingly larger motor homes (RV’s) that they owned.
Survivors include his son, Don Woodward and his wife Donna, Georgia; grandson, Brandon Woodward and his wife Bibi, Georgia; great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Woodward; four of his 11 siblings, Helen Sanderford, Sarah James, and Peggy McClung, Temple, Mary Brannam, Rockdale.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday July 6, at the Cook Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will follow at Cook Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, TX.
A.M. “Woody” Woodward Jr., 96, passed away on Thursday, June 25 2017, in Hoschton Ga.
He was born August 31, 1920, in Jerrell, Texas, the son of A.M. and Lola Woodward.
He enlisted in the United States Army on October 8, 1940. In the 71st Signal Corp in World War II he served in Algeria-French Morocco, Sicily, Naples-Fogia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Central Europe, and Rhineland. Following victory in Europe he was on leave getting ready to proceed to the Pacific when the WWII ended. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant on September 9, 1945, with the EAME Campaign Medal with seven bronze stars and one Bronze Arrow-head.
He went back to work for Southwestern Bell (part of AT&T). In November 1946 he married Virgie Bell Turner of Clifton, Texas. They had one son, Don Woodward. Woody and Virgie were married 63 years until she passed in April 2010.
Woody worked for Southwestern Bell for 33 years before retiring. He had some amazing experiences with the phone company. For example, he was picked to install the president’s secret service phone system with international hot lines for LBJ at the “White House on the Perdernales” in December1963 right after JFK had been shot. Years later after retiring he was working as airport security when Ladybird Johnson was passing through and stopped and recognized him as her “Phone man”.
He was a Mason, Hill City Lodge #456, Austin Scottish Rite, and a Shriner, Ben Hur Shrine Temple and Patrol Unit. He was a member of the Crestview United Methodist Church in Austin.
After he and Virgie retired, they enjoyed traveling. They took several cruises and toured the US in one of a series of increasingly larger motor homes (RV’s) that they owned.
Survivors include his son, Don Woodward and his wife Donna, Georgia; grandson, Brandon Woodward and his wife Bibi, Georgia; great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Woodward; four of his 11 siblings, Helen Sanderford, Sarah James, and Peggy McClung, Temple, Mary Brannam, Rockdale.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday July 6, at the Cook Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar Blvd. Interment will follow at Cook Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, TX.
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