Born 8-Mar-1875 Boonsville, Wise Co., Texas
Died 16-May-1916 Spur, Dickens Co., Texas
Father: Brice WOODY
Born 11-Feb-1832
Baptized
Died 5-Sep-1922 Boonsville, Wise Co., Texas
Buried Boonsville Cemetery, Wise Co., Texas
Mother: Susan (Missouri Ann) MILLER
Born 22 Feb 1839
Died 24 May 1907 Boonsville, Wise Co., Texas
Buried Boonsville Cemetery, Wise Co., Texas
Born 8-Feb-1875 Lewisville, Denton Co., Texas Died 19-Mar-1960 Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas Father: James Lilburn TINSLEY Mother: Leila Virginia BRADLEY Born 13-Sep-1855 Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri Died 21-Dec-1881 Crafton, Wise Co., Texas Grandparents: Name Richard Baker BRADLEY, M.D. Wife: Mary Mozle HERFRD Born 22-Apr-1822 Died 24-Apr-1910 (Woody, Geneva. Family Group Sheet filled out by Geneva.) In 1900 they moved to Old Emma where he was one of the first schoolteachers. He was the second County Clerk of Crosby County and when the county seat was moved to Crosbyton they also moved to Crosbyton. Submitted by: Royal Lilburn Tinsley. Jr.
J. C. Woody, One of Crosby County's Most Respected Citizens Dies at SpurEarly Tuesday morning, Crosbyton and all Crosby county was shocked when the news of the death of J. C. Woody, one of the most highly respected and most prominent citizens of Crosbyton, was flashed over the wires. Mr. Woody had an acute attack of appendicitis some few days ago, and was hurried to the Standifer Sanitarium at Spur for an operation which was thought to be successful. He was reported to be doing well until Monday, when he took a sudden turn for the worse. His wife and children were immediately summoned to his bedside, together with a number of close friends, and he lingered till shortly after midnight when the end came. Quite a number of people met the procession between Crosbyton and Spur Tuesday afternoon and accompanied the remains home. A goodly representation of the Spur Masonic Lodge came with them to Crosbyton, returning that afternoon.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the Methodist Church, which was taxed to its fullest capacity and many having to remain outside. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. S. Boyd who was ably assisted by Rev. A. H. Isbell, pastor of the Baptist Church. The pall bearers were Pink L. Parrish, R. E. Underwood, H. E. Fullingim, Edgar Allen, A. K. Lackey and L. B. Culwell. The honorary pall bearers were John W. Baker, B. W. Mitchell, John K. Fullingim, J. R. Terrell, A. B. Spencer and H. C. Pearson. After the funeral services the Crosbyton Masonic Lodge took charge of the remains. Despite the inclemency of weather, one of the longest corteges ever witnessed in this County followed the remains to its last resting place in the Crosbyton cemetery. At the grave, Mr. I. R. Powell conducted the Masonic burial service very impressively. The floral offering was one of the largest and most beautiful ever seen here, being a tribute of the love and esteem he was held in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Woody was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brice Woody, and was born at Veal Station, Parker county, Texas, March 8, 1875. From there they moved to Boonville, Wise county, when deceased was about two years old, remaining there until 1900. On March 30, 1899, he was married to Miss Etta Tinsley. The following year they moved to Emma, Crosby County, living there several years, later moving to Crosbyton where they resided until his death. For several years, Mr. Woody was prominent in the public schools of Texas, as a teacher. Later, serving the public in the capacity of District and County Clerk for six years. In 1909 he incorporated the Crosby County Abstract Company, of which he was president at the time of his death. He was prominently connected with the Citizens National Bank, County Chairman of the Democratic Committee, President of the board of Education, President of the Crosbyton Independentt School Board, and has filled many other prominent places in the development of this city and Crosby County.
Mr. Woody united with the Methodist Church at the age of fifteen, filling official positions at various times and was an official of the Methodist church at the time of his death. The deceased is survived by a wife and four children, his father, four brothers and three sisters, the latter being Mr. Brice Woody of Booneville, Texas, Sam Woody of Veal Station, Charles Woody of Booneville, Jesse Woody of Wichita Falls, and Hugh Woody of Longview and Mrs. Emma Glass and Mrs. Mary Wimberly of Boonesville, Texas and Mrs. Laura Gregg of Wills Point, all of whom were here except Hugh Woody of Longview. District court which is in session here this week adjourned Wednesday afternoon to attend the funeral, and as a tribute to the memory of the deceased the following resolutions were drafted and presented to the court by the bar:
To the Honorable W. R. Spencer, Judge of the District Court of Crosby county: Whereas, for three terms the said J. C. Woody was the clerk of this court, which position he filled honorably, faithfully and with much credit. Wherefore, we the members of the bar of this Judicial District deem it becoming and proper that we should give public expression of our high regard for the departed in the form of resolutions appropriate to the occasion. Be it, therefore, Resolved, that it is with feelings of the deepest grief and profound sorrow we contemplate th death and suffering of the deceased. Animated by honorable ambition; filled with hope and a bright future before him; possessed of more than ordinary ability; of great energy and industry; liberal in his views and kind and generous in all his actions; he had but fairly entered upon the business of this life when called to his reward. That we recognize in his death Crosbyton and Crosby county have lost one of its most useful citizens. That we tender his bereaved wife and children in this time of their great sorrow our deepest sympathy. And while we would deplore the loss, this should serve as another admonition to remind us of the uncertainty of life, and that sooner or later each and all of us must yield to the final summon of Him who giveth and taketh away. Then let us with humble reverence bow submissively to this and all of the judgments of the great court enternal. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be given to the widow and children of the deceased and that the original be presented to the Honorable District Court of this county with request that they be spread upon the records of this court.
R. H. Sowder, W. H. Bledsoe, J. W. Burton CommitteeThe Crosbyton Review, Friday, May 19, 1916
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
Funeral services for Mrs. J.C. Woody, 85, of Lubbock, a pioneer resident of Crosbyton, were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in a Lubbock funeral chapel. Burial was in Crosbyton beside her husband who died in 1916.Mrs. Woody died at her home in Lubbock at 10 p.m. Saturday. For the past 12 years she had been an invalid.
Rev., Don R. Davidson, pastor of Asbury Methodist Church of Lubbock, officiated at the services.
Mr. and Mrs. Woody were married March 30, 1899 at Brownsville. They moved in September 1900, to Old Emma, where Woody was one of the first school teachers. He was serving as county clerk when the courthouse was moved from Old Emma to Crosbyton and the family moved to Crosbyton.
Mrs. Woody helped organize the Methodist Church at Old Emma. She was active in church and social events and was a charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Old Emma. Her husband died in 1916 at Crosbyton.
In 1932, Mrs. Woody moved to Lubbock so her children could attend Texas Tech.
She was a member of Asbury Methodist Church.
Mrs. Woody was born Feb. 8, 1875 at Lewisville in Denton County.
Survivors include a son, John Woody, Sweetwater; three daughters, Mrs. Coralee Duff and Miss Kathleen Woody, both of Lubbock, and Mrs. Geneva Crowley, Phoenix, Ariz.; two brothers, Roy L. Tinsley, Houston, and James O.Tinsley, Lubbock; five sisters, Mrs. Annie Davies, Lubbock; Mrs. Irene Bond and Mrs. Ruth Ginn, both of Wichita Falls, Mrs. Esma Paschall, Roswell, NM; Mrs. Grace Leonard,Watsonville, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Crosbyton Review, March 24, 1960
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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