IN LOVING MEMORY OF
John Tom
"Bo" Woods
June 20, 1930 – March 21, 2015
Obituary
A graveside service with military honors for Mr. John Tom "Bo" Woods, 84, of Pasadena, Texas, formerly of Tenaha, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 27, 2015, at Waldrop Cemetery near Fair Play, Texas, with Dr. Dale Reed officiating under the direction of Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 9-10 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home prior to the graveside service. Mr. Woods passed away on Saturday morning, March 21, 2015, in Houston.
John Tom "Bo" Woods was born on June 20, 1930, in Beckville, Texas, to the late Thomas Monnie and Bessie Edna Brown Woods. Mr. Woods served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1948-1954 as a chief parachute rigger during the Korean War and in the Navy reserves for another ten years, achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer before his honorable discharge. He married Mary Katherine Johnson on Sept. 1, 1953, in Sunnyvale, California and she preceded him in death on Sept. 29, 2014. During his younger years, Mr. Woods worked at the former Woods Feed and Supply in Tenaha. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1958. The next year, Mr. and Mrs. Woods moved from Tenaha to the Pasadena and Deer Park area, where they became members of the Deer Park First Baptist Church and raised a family of three sons and a daughter. He retired from Shell Oil Co. in 1990, after a 30 year career. Mr. Woods was also preceded in death by his brothers, J. Lloyd, James Riley, and Phillip Ray Woods and sisters, Margaret Cathryn Roberts, Monnie Bess Jones, and Joy Nell Hancock.
Mr. Woods is survived by sister, Patsy Woods Byerly of Beaumont; sons, Clifford Woods of Pasadena, Phillip Woods and wife Kelly of Baytown, and Kevin Woods and wife Becky of Deer Park; daughter, Teresa Skelton of Deer Park; grandchildren, James Helms and wife Naomi, Amy Woods, Amanda Richard and husband Justin, Megan Woods, Kayla Steward, Brittney Voltz and husband Matt, John Helms, Jessica Skelton, and Ryan Steward; and great-grandchildren, Hannalee Helms, Avery Lynn Richard, Aleksandr, Isabel, and Addison Voltz, Karmynn Skelton, and Julien Simonds-Steward.
Memorials may be made to Waldrop Cemetery Association, Post Office Box 251, Carthage, Texas 75633.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.
John Tom "Bo" Woods was born on June 20, 1930, in Beckville, Texas, to the late Thomas Monnie and Bessie Edna Brown Woods. Mr. Woods served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1948-1954 as a chief parachute rigger during the Korean War and in the Navy reserves for another ten years, achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer before his honorable discharge. He married Mary Katherine Johnson on Sept. 1, 1953, in Sunnyvale, California and she preceded him in death on Sept. 29, 2014. During his younger years, Mr. Woods worked at the former Woods Feed and Supply in Tenaha. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1958. The next year, Mr. and Mrs. Woods moved from Tenaha to the Pasadena and Deer Park area, where they became members of the Deer Park First Baptist Church and raised a family of three sons and a daughter. He retired from Shell Oil Co. in 1990, after a 30 year career. Mr. Woods was also preceded in death by his brothers, J. Lloyd, James Riley, and Phillip Ray Woods and sisters, Margaret Cathryn Roberts, Monnie Bess Jones, and Joy Nell Hancock.
Mr. Woods is survived by sister, Patsy Woods Byerly of Beaumont; sons, Clifford Woods of Pasadena, Phillip Woods and wife Kelly of Baytown, and Kevin Woods and wife Becky of Deer Park; daughter, Teresa Skelton of Deer Park; grandchildren, James Helms and wife Naomi, Amy Woods, Amanda Richard and husband Justin, Megan Woods, Kayla Steward, Brittney Voltz and husband Matt, John Helms, Jessica Skelton, and Ryan Steward; and great-grandchildren, Hannalee Helms, Avery Lynn Richard, Aleksandr, Isabel, and Addison Voltz, Karmynn Skelton, and Julien Simonds-Steward.
Memorials may be made to Waldrop Cemetery Association, Post Office Box 251, Carthage, Texas 75633.
A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.
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