Roberta Richardson Woodruff

Roberta Richardson Woodruff obituary, Mount Airy, NC

Roberta Richardson Woodruff

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Roaring Gap Baptist Church

1855 Ramey Creek Rd, Lowgap, NC 27024

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19

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Roaring Gap Baptist Church

1855 Ramey Creek Rd, Lowgap, NC 27024

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Roberta Woodruff Obituary

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Mrs. Linnie Roberta Richardson Woodruff, age 84, of Lowgap, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson. She was born on November 1, 1941, in Surry County to the late Curnel Posey Richardson and Thelma Clyde Smith Richardson. She was a member of Roaring Gap Baptist Church. Mema loved her grandchildren, reading, and going camping with her husband and the grandchildren. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter and son-in-law, Tracie and Eric Puckett; grandchildren, Mitchell Woodruff and Brittany Lapcevich, Zach and Amiee Shelton, and Taylor Shelton; great grandchildren, Xander Woodruff, Lydia Woodruff, and Juliette Shelton; brother and sister-in-law, Ike and Pam Richardson; and by several other family and friends. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Woodruff was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Lee Woodruff; and her son, Mickey Lee Woodruff. Funeral services will be held Thursday March 19, 2026, at 11:00am at Roaring Gap Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Atkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Fishers Gap Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday at Roaring Gap Baptist Church from 10:00 – 11:00am. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, PO Box 325, Dobson, NC 27017 or to Roaring Gap Baptist Church, PO Box 304, Lowgap, NC 27024. Moody Funeral Services in Mount Airy is serving the Woodruff family. 

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Moody Funeral Service & Crematory - Mount Airy

206 West Pine Street PO Box 1288, Mount Airy, NC 27030

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Upcoming Events

Mar

19

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Roaring Gap Baptist Church

1855 Ramey Creek Rd, Lowgap, NC 27024

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Mar

19

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Roaring Gap Baptist Church

1855 Ramey Creek Rd, Lowgap, NC 27024

Send FlowersBook nearby hotels

Only 14 hours left for delivery to next service.