Herman Woody

Herman (H.P.) Woody, 78, of Rocky Mount, Va., died Wednesday, February 18, 2009. He was a United States Navy Veteran and worked four years with Link Aviation. He returned to Sontag to work on the family farm in 1958 and also operated Lakewood Farm Supply. A lifelong Baptist, he served as a deacon at Beulah Baptist Church and was currently a member of Franklin Heights Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and on the building committee for the new sanctuary. He loved gospel music and greatly enjoyed his trips with Linkous Tours. He was a founding member of the former Sontag Ruritan Club, member of the Virginia ASCS Committee, former member of the Board of Directors of Franklin Memorial Hospital and First Virginia Bank of Franklin County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter Stockton and Gaynelle Thornton Woody; and brother, Joe Booker Woody. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Daphne M. Woody; children, David M. and Beverly Woody, Mary Evelyn and Richard Cook, Les and Sheri Woody, and Jeffrey L. and Susan Woody; grandchildren, Lauren Woody, Bryan and Michael Woody, Amanda Robertson, J. Scott Woody, Stacey Hairston, Kristin Scott, and Richard Alan Cook; four great-grandchildren, sisterin-law, Shirley Woody; and nephew, Joseph B. Woody Jr. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2009, from Franklin Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. J. Larry Holland and the Rev. Thomas C. Siddle officiating. Interment will follow in the Woody Family Cemetery. The family requests that memorials be made to Franklin Heights Building Fund, 110 Hilltop Drive, Rocky Mount, Va. 24151. Friends may call after 5 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2009, with his family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church. Arrangements by Flora Funeral Service, Rocky Mount, Va. www.florafuneralservice.com