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Submitted: 5/2/21 • Approved: 5/3/21 • Last Updated: 5/6/21 • R415749-G415749-S3
Billy J.
1935-1997
Mason
Frances M.
1940-2019
Married July 24, 1957
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*Obituary Billy
FRITCH - Billy Joe Woods, 61, died Saturday, May 3, 1997.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ricky Griffin, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at the Garden of Devotion in Westlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.
Mr. Woods was born in Springfield, Colo. He had been a longtime resident of Hutchinson County. He was a retired truck driver. He was a member of Sanford First Baptist Church and Billy Dixon Masonic Lodge.
He married Frances McWhorter in 1957 at Sanford.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Rhonda Stephenson of Borger, and Cindy Vilas of Amarillo; a brother, Jimmie Lee Woods of Dallas; and four grandchildren.
The family requests memorials be to the Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice and Life Enrichment Center, 200 N.W. Seventh Ave., Amarillo, Texas 79107.
(Published in Amarillo Online Newspapers 4 May 1997)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Billy Woods
Death Date: 2 May 1997
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Billy Joe Woods
[Billy J Woods]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1935
Birth Place: Springfield, Colorado
Father Name: Claude I Woods
Mother Name: Vonnie M Melton
Death Date: 2 May 1997
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jul 1951: Name listed as BILLY JOE WOODS; 07 May 1997: Name listed as BILLY J WOODS
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