BILL WOODS

BILL WOODS

RURAL LIBERAL- Services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar for Bill B. Woods, 87, rural Liberal, who died peacefully at his home on Tuesday morning, July 25, 2017, surrounded by his family. Burial will be in Nashville Cemetery.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Iantha Community Center/Iantha Methodist Church Building Fund or American Red Cross, in care of the funeral home.

Survivors include his son, Bill Woods, Lamar; two daughters, Glenna Yike and husband Brian and Tina Dearing and husband Gene, all of rural Liberal; seven grandchildren, Tarrah Moore and husband Chad, Bo Dearing, Brock Dearing and wife Jacqueline, Danielle Hukill, Brent Woods, Brooke Woods and Drew Woods; seven great-grandchildren, Sydney, Cade, Ryley and Chance Moore, Aiden Hukill, Joslyin Woods and Johnathan Collins and a large extended family.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, Lynden, Curtis, Howard, Gale and an infant brother and six sisters, Thelma Wood, Lanta Lee Needham, Vida Workman, Leila Shields, Julia Thomas and Sadie Goode.

Mr. Woods was born Sept. 3, 1929, at the family farm home in Barton County, to George and Alice (Barr) Woods. After graduating from Lamar High School in 1947 he enlisted in the Regular Army in 1948, serving with the 6th Armed Calvary Regiment in Germany. Returning home in 1952, he held several jobs including Hill Truck Lines and Lawn Boy before beginning his 34 year career with the U.S. Postal Service. After retiring, he had more time for raising cattle, camping and fishing at Stockton Lake, vacations out west and enjoying the fellowship of his Metro Club friends. He considered his grandkids and great-grandkids to be his greatest blessing and time spent with his family was his greatest joy. He became a Christian in his later years and attended Iantha United Methodist Church. Always willing to give when he saw a need, he was a dedicated blood donor for the Red Cross.

He married the love of his life, Audrey Marie Metcalf on Oct.4, 1953 and they made their home and reared their three children in Lamar. After sharing 58 years together, she died Dec. 7, 2011.