Gene Harold Woods, 59, of Lenox died Monday, June 18, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Henry Rutledge and Rev. Johnny Woods will officiate with burial to follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Mark Evans, Larry Walker, Daniel Cribb, Brandon Harper, Ken Kelly and Darrell Woods. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Woods was born on October 14, 1947 in Tift County and was the son of J. R. Woods and Emma Louise Danforth Woods of Tifton. He was a retired textile manager and a United States Army veteran of the Vietnam War.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Woods is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike and Wendy Woods of Tifton, Donnie Woods of Lenox and Johnny and Leslie Woods of Lenox; one brother, Ray Woods of Tifton; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Rita and Mark Evans of Brookfield, and Barbara and Emmett Nasworthy of Tifton; and four grandchildren.