Mary Elizabeth

Woodard

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Howell Woodard, age 74, a native and resident of Chatom, AL was born April 18, 1941 to the parentage of the late Joe Woodard and the late Mamie Lee Howell Woodard. She departed this life February 10, 2016 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center, Mobile, AL.

Mrs. Woodard, a homemaker, was a member of Cooper Lewis CME Church, Chatom, where she served on the missionary board, sang in the choir, taught the Beginner Sunday School class, and was president of the stewardess board. Her favorite songs were "This Little Light of Mine" and "Do you know Him?" She enjoyed witnessing to others about Christ, fishing and eating.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Wesley, Woodard, Sr., two sisters, Lucy Abston McCarthy, Minnie Herring; three brothers, Joe Davis Woodard, Frank Woodard, and Edward Lee Woodard.

She will be cherished in the hearts of her devoted family, J.W. Woodard (Tanyenika) Woodard, Jr. of Butler, AL; four daughters, Dywanda (Tyrone Sanders) Woodard and Tracy (Peter) Harris, both of Mobile, AL; Syletta Coleman of Birmingham, AL; and Gabrielle Woodard of Chatom, AL; two sisters, Mary W. (Willie James) Evans of Mobile, AL, and Betty Woodard of Chatom, AL; three brothers, L. C. "Lewis Curtis" Woodard of Odyssey, TX; Eulacee Woodard of Detroit, MI, and Sammie Woodard of Chatom, Al; eight grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Viewing Saturday, February 20, 2016, 11 am until the 12 noon service at Cooper Lewis CME Church, 140 Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue, Chatom, AL; Rev. Hazel Kirksey, pastor/eulogist. Following burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, the family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church.

Services with sympathetic care and legendary professionalism entrusted to Andrews Funeral Home, 800 Depot Road, Jackson, AL. Condolences to the family at www.andrewsfuneralhomejackson.com and on Andrews Funeral Home Facebook page.