Mamie Lee

Woodard

Mrs. Mamie Lee Howell Woodard, age 91, was born April 18, 1923 in Frankville, AL to the parentage of the late Mr. King Howell and Mrs. Beth Merida Howell. She departed this life Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center.
Mrs. Woodard, a homemaker, was a member of Cooper Lewis CME Church of Chatom where she was Mother of the Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Woodard; three sons, Edward Lee Woodard, Frank Woodard, Joe Davis Woodard, and a daughter, Lucy Abston McCarthy; two sisters, Gallie Abston and Amelia Woodard, and two brothers, Amos Howell and Richard Howell.
She will forever be cherished in the hearts of her devoted family, three daughters, Mary E. Woodard and Betty Woodard, both of Chatom, AL, and Mary W. (Willie James) Evans of Mobile, AL; three sons, L.C. Woodard of Odyssey, TX; Eulacee Woodard of Detroit, MI, and Sammie Woodard of Chatom, AL; 22 grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Viewing will be Friday, December 5, 2014 from 10am until the 11am service at Cooper Lewis CME Church, 170 Martin Luther King Avenue, Chatom, AL 36518; Reverend Hazel Kirksey, pastor and eulogist. Following burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, the family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church. Services entrusted to Andrews Funeral Home, Jackson, AL. Condolences to the family at http://www.andrewsfuneralhomejackson.com/ and on Andrews Funeral Home Facebook page.