Virginia Woods, 80, of Carthage, TX, went to be with the Lord Saturday, June 18, 2022. Virginia Allen Paul was born on Dec. 5, 1941, in the Deadwood Community of Panola County, TX to the late Reo Allen and Thelma Bernice LaGrone Paul. She was raised in Panola County and married her high school sweetheart, John Larry "Pete" Woods, on Sept. 16, 1956, in Center, TX. They celebrated almost 50 years of marriage before he preceded her in death on Feb. 7, 2006. She was a devoted member of the Carthage Service League for over 50 years and attended Cedar Grove Baptist Church.

Mrs. Woods is survived by her daughter, Tresa Joffrion and husband Olin; grandchildren, Kathleen Kruebbe and husband Heath and Blake Joffrion; great-grandchildren, Avery Malone, Abbott Kruebbe, Camden, Camille, and Case Joffrion, and Caleb and Katelynn Kruebbe; and sisters, Sue Carroll McLean and Kate Duke. Numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins also survive.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Freddy Mason officiating. Interment will follow in Harris Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the funeral service.

Pallbearers are Charles McLean, Cooper McLean, Randy Hudson, Blake Joffrion, Ronnie LaGrone, and Dennis LaGrone.

Memorials may be made to Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, 3100 Samford Ave., Shreveport, LA 71103 or to the Carthage Service League, 319 S. Market St., Carthage, TX 75633.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com .