Henry Woodrum, 81, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M., Sunday, November 28, 2004, at Holt Baptist Church in Irwin County, with the Rev. David Biggers and the Rev. J.A. Clements officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ocilla from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Saturday evening.
Mr. Woodrum was born November 22, 1923, in Turner County, Georgia, to the late Lonnie M. and Mary Arnold Woodrum. He was a retired carpenter, a member of Holt Baptist Church and a Mason. Mr. Woodrum served in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Woodrum is survived by his daughters: Brenda Wright of Cordele and Renee Taylor of Fitzgerald; eight grandchildren: Hugh Taylor, Wesley Taylor, Jamie, Julie, Katelyn, Lindsey, Hershel and Candy Tapp; four great grandchildren: Ashley, Zack, Josh and Jake Taylor; special friend: Kay Tapp, Ocilla; three sisters: Laura Hampton and Mabel White, both of Macon and Estelle Barrentine, Bonaire; one brother: Milton Woodrum, Jr., Eatonton; many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Melton Woodrum.