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Submitted: 4/20/20 • Approved: 4/21/20 • Last Updated: 6/29/23 • R1311474-G0-S3
PRIVATE US Army
Korea
November 8, 1929 - January 3, 2016
LORONE WOODS WAS BORN NOVEMBER 8,1929 IN YORKTOWN ARKANSAS THE YEAR OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND HERBERT HOOVER WAS PRESIDENT.HE WAS BORN TO EPSY WOODS AND HENRIETTA WOODS.
HE ATTENDED JR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL AT HOLMAN HIGH IN STUTTGART ARKANSAS. SHORTLY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL LORONE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHERE HE SERVED FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE LEAVING WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY LORONE SETTLED IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE FINALLY SETTLING IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA WERE HE WORKED FOR GENERAL MOTORS FOR OVER 20 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING AS AN ASSEMBLY MAN.
LORONE WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON WHO ALWAYS GAVE MORE THAN HE RECEIVED HE LOVED EVERYONE AND EVERYONE LOVED HIM.LORONE WAS A BIG FAN OF THE LAKERS AND THE CHICAGO BULLS BASKETBALL TEAM HE LOVED LISTENING TO HIS MUSIC AND TAKING PICTURES HE LOVED THE SPORT OF BOXING EVEN WATCHING THE HISPANIC CHANNEL BOXING MATCHES EVEN THOUGH HE COULD NOT UNDER STAND WHAT THEY WERE SAYING HE JUST LOVED THE SPORT.BUT LORONE'S BIGGEST LOVE WAS TRAVELING HE WAS READY TO GO ANY WERE ANY TIME WITH ANY BODY.NO TRIP WAS TO FAR NO RIDE WAS TO LONG. IF YOU SAID LET'S HE'D SAY GO.
ON JANUARY 3 2016 LORONE WOODS DEPARTED THIS LIFE FOR HIS HOMEGOING IN ATLANTA GEORGIA HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER EPSY WOODS,MOTHER HENRIETTA "WOODS" ROSSITER,FOUR SISTERS AND HIS BROTHER .
HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS WIFE MARY WOODS SISTERS ERNESTINE COLBERT,BENEAVER STEWART AND ERMA LEWIS AND BROTHER TOM ROSSITER JR HIS THREE SONS LARRY AND WIFE ARLENA HIGGINS, DWAYNE AND WIFE PHYLLIS WOODS AND CARLOS WOODS,HIS STEPCHILDREN MARVA LEE AND HUSBAND ROBERT HILL,PROPHETESS JEANETTE TAYLOR AND EVORN BURKS.A MULTITUDE OF GRANDCHILDREN NIECES AND NEPHEWS,COUSINS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.HE WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY EVERYONE.
Larry Woods will officiate the service. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday 9:00 AM until service time.
Contributed on 4/20/20 by debbraszymanski
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