Willena Woods
Posted: November 22, 2021
Willena Strickland Woods, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 21, 2021, at The Windsor Place.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Allen Jones and Andy Wilson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the service.
Mrs. Woods was born August 18, 1931, in Columbus, MS, to the late William L. and Sarah Pritchard Strickland. She was a graduate of New Hope High School and faithful member of East Columbus Church of Christ. Mrs. Woods retired from First Federal Bank and was a forever friend to many.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Shelley Wade Woods.
Survivors include her daughter, Sherree W. Woods of Columbus, MS; sons, Alan Wade Woods and his wife Debbie of Robertsdale, AL and Shelley Thomas Woods of Columbus, MS; grandchildren, A. Flynn Woods and Cole S. Woods, both of Robertsdale, AL; and great-granddaughter, Elliott “Ellie” Jane Woods.
Pallbearers will be Alan Wade Woods, Shelley Thomas Woods, Flynn Woods, Cole Woods, Greg Willis and Clyde Hollis.
Memorials may be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 3 International Dr., Suite 200, Rye Brook, NY, 10573 or Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS, 39703.