Mary Gertrude Woods
January 15, 2013
Mary Gertrude Woods, 77 of Atmore, passed Monday January 14, 2013, at her residence. She was retired from Monsanto after 34 years of a draw twist operator.
She was born on November 8, 1935, in Bay Minette to the late Antis and Mary Strickland Pierce. Her hobbies were painting, sewing, gardening, and waiting for the arrival of the hummingbirds in the spring. But her true Love was growing yellow roses.
She is preceded in death by four brothers, Conner Kirkham, J. C. Kirkham, Clifford Pierce, and Clarence Kirkham; two sisters, Ethel Kirkham and Iona Pierce.
Survivors are one son, Anthony Keith (Brenda Jackson) Walz of Bay Minette; one daughter, Sandra Woods Mosley of Milton; one brother, William( Priscilla) Pierce of Charleston, S.C.; grandchildren: Robert Woods (Mary Alice) Mosley Troy, Jonathan Cory Walz and Joseph Aaron Walz both of Bay Minette; a great-grandson, Jack Leslie Mosley of Troy; nieces, Dana, Bonnie and Susan.
Services will be Wednesday January 16, 2013, at 10 a.m. Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Mike Grindle officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Family will receive friends Tuesday evening January 15, 2013, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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