Emma Louise Danforth Woods, 84, of Tifton died Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Johnny Woods and Rev. Bill Barksdale will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Mike Woods, Donnie Woods, Jimmy Woods, Brandon Harper, John Danforth and Ken Kelly will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Earl Blanchard, Ernest Giddens, Darrell Woods, Roger Woods, J. D. Lindsey and Bronzal Dixon. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Woods was born on March 4, 1925 in Berrien County and was the daughter of Jessie Lee Danforth and Emma Belle Rogers Danforth, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by one son, Harold Gene Woods; one brother, John W. Danforth; one sister, Velma Kelly; and one grandson, Darren Johnson. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She loved cooking for her family, fishing and working in her garden.
Mrs. Woods is survived by her husband, J. B. Woods, Jr. of Tifton; one son, Jimmy Ray Woods, Sr. of Tifton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Emmett Nasworthy of Tifton and Reida and Mark Evans of Tifton; two sisters, Jewel Harper of Tifton and Bertha Lindsey of Tifton; 10 grandchildren, Alicia Couvillon, Jimmy Woods, Diana Christy, Michael Branch, Mike Woods, Johnny Woods, Donnie Woods, Brandon Harper, Ryan Evans and Ross Evans; and 14 great grandchildren.