Sarah Lee Woodruff

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mrs. Sarah Lee Woodruff, 80, of Blytheville, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born July 18, 1932, in Sandy Ridge, she was a homemaker and a member of Morning Star Baptist Church for over 50 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Hill and Easter Manolia Vanhook Hill; her husband, Walter Woodruff; her daughter, Gloria Moore; her sister, Vernell Toliver; and four brothers, Willie Hill, Roosevelt Hill, Sam Lee Hill and Vancen Hill.

Mrs. Woodruff leaves one daughter, Carmelita Fennell of Blytheville;

Four sons, Sunny Moore Jr., Nathaniel Moore Sr., Walter Woodruff Jr., and Robert Lee Woodruff, all of Blytheville;

One brother, Junior Hill of Blytheville; and

Eleven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive visitors from noon-2 p.m. Saturday at Morning Star Baptist Church in Blytheville. Funeral services, officiated by Pastor Frederick Clay, will be held directly following the visitation at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at Sandy Ridge Cemetery in Burdette.