Obituaries

Obituary: Cleaster Woods

Cleaster Woods ~ January 4, 1945 ~ December 19, 2022 (age 77)

Cleaster Woods passed away on Monday December 19, 2022.  She was born on January 4, 1945, to the late Ernest and Susie Woods.    

Her funeral service was held on Friday December 30, 2022, at Old Bethel Missionary Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with Pastor Charlie Boyle in charge. Burial was in the church cemetery and Dixie Funeral Home was in charge of the professional service.

Ms. Woods accepted Jesus Christ at a young age and joined Campbells Chapel Baptist Church.  She later moved her membership to Old Bethel Baptist Church. Ms. Woods was educated in the Hardeman County public schools and enjoyed reading her Bible. At an early age, her parents passed away and she was raised by her grandmother, Beatrice Woods.  

She was preceded in death by her parents and grandmother; three daughters, Susie, Brenda, and Linda Woods; two sons, Previs Perry and Albert Gene Woods; and two brothers, Ernest (Bo) and Donell Woods.

Ms. Woods leaves to cherish her memory five daughters, Earnestine (Tony) Macon, Janie, Elaine, Sandra, and Debra Woods; one son, James (Cathy) Woods; a host of grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends who will truly miss her.


Courtesy of Dixie Funeral Home, Bolivar, Tennessee.


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