Sarah Frances Ray Woods of Tifton went to be with the Lord Jesus on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at the ageof 90. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 27, 2024, at Carpenter Road Church of God with Pastor Clayton Dowd officiating. A eulogy will be given by Kyle Woods. Mrs. Woods will be laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens with Tyler Woods officiating. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 26, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Woods will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Woods’ grandsons and nephews, Bobby Keith Woods, Christopher Allen Woods, Will Carroll, Jason Donald Woods, Kyle Bryant Woods, Tyler Travis Woods, Joshua Ryan Woods, Westley Payton Tawzer, Justin Beasley and Kevin Ray, will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Farron Johnson, Van Smith, Michael Paul Lasseter, Donnie Purvis, Mike Owens and Alonzo Henry.
Mrs. Woods had been a member of Carpenter Road Church of God almost as long as it has been established. She gave her life to God on January 1, 1967. During her Christian life, she served and held many positions within the church, such as teacher for various classes, youth leader, church secretary, Sunday School secretary, pastor’s board, and President of Ladies ministries for many years. She was a faithful member of Young at Heart group.
She received the Woodmen of the World Fraternal Spirit Award for outstanding service on eight (8) different occasions.
Outside the home, she worked in factories and sales positions.
She loved her family and her home, her wonderful husband and four sons and their families, especially cooking for them.
Her greatest joy was their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Woods was born June 23, 1934, in Berrien County to the late James Frank Ray and Beatrice Hogan Ray.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Carroll Ray Woods, on May 10, 2005; her son, Bobby Carroll Woods on April 1, 2017; daughter-in-law, Susan Dixon Woods on March 25, 2016; her granddaughter, Mary Frances Woods Legault on August 11, 2020; a brother, William Frank (Bill) Ray and Jean Claunch Ray (a special sister-in-law); and her sister, Lucille Ray Ellison Jernigan and Joe Jernigan, her brother-in-law.
She is survived by three sons, James Roger Woods and Sharon, Donald Keith Woods and Cheryl, and Darrell Kenneth Woods and Sonya, all of Tifton
Her grandchildren, Keith Woods, Chris Woods of Albany, Christy Woods of Valdosta, Shannon Woods Carroll and Will of Cartersville, Jason and Stephanie Woods of Gulf Breeze, Florida, Kyle and Christa Woods of Orlando, Florida, Tyler Woods of Orlando, Florida, Heather Woods Beasley and Justin of Tifton, Joshua Woods of Tifton and Hannah Woods of Macon.
Her great-grandchildren, Nathan Lane of Leesburg, Morgan White, Owen Woods of Albany, Colby Legault, Colton Mullins, Issac, Noel and Katlin Carroll of Cartersville, Jaxson Woods, Greyson Woods, Maddox Woods of Orlando, Florida, Westley Tawzer and Brantley Williams of Tifton and Jace and Jack Woods of Valdosta; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Carpenter Road Church of God Ladies Ministries, P. O. Box 1434, Tifton, GA 31793.