Stewart
Funeral Home
Oliver Funeral Home
Visitation
Sunday, February 16, 2025, 1-3 PM, Oliver Funeral Home.
Service
Sunday, February 16, 2025, 3 PM, Oliver Funeral Home.
Obituary
Military Service Tribute, Honors, and Obituary:
Recognizing and Honoring a Fallen Hero, Who Served Within the Mississippi National Guard. “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten”.
In recognition of our proud American tradition of honorable service which our military men and women have given to their country and our State, we honor a Fallen Hero. Our nation, our state, and the National Guard Association of MS (NGAMS) regard the memorializing of its retired military deceased as an honorable and sacred obligation.
Another great Soldier and Fallen Hero has been released from duty, passed from our ranks on Feb 13, 2025, and has moved on to his heavenly home. Retired Staff Sergeant Ronald Edward Woods, age 77, who had served within the 2nd Battalion, 114th Field Artillery Regiment has departed and gone to a better place with our good Lord.
It takes a special person to serve within the military for their country, giving up their family time, comfort, and safety for their country, ultimately for all Americans to enjoy their freedoms, safety, and way of life. We now applaud you for your service to our country. A special message from General Douglas McArthur remains applicable today for our servicemen that have passed: “Old Soldiers never die; they just fade away”.
Rest in Peace Soldier. We applaud your patriotism, sacrifices, and brave efforts in serving our country and your family for their support of your service. We thank you for your service. Without your efforts and your families’ support, our country would not stand so boldly, shine so bright, and live so free.
You now have earned a rest, so go fly with the Angels, go rest high on that mountain; your work on earth is done. Go to heaven a-shoutin’ Love for the Father and the Son.
Another great Soldier has gone home, “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten, Soldier for Life”.
Obituary, visitation, and services:
Ronald Edward Woods age 77 of Stewart, MS, passed away Thursday morning, February 13, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, MS. Ronald was born in Choctaw County, MS on March 1, 1947, to Kenneth Boyce Woods and Clara Mae Davis Woods. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Choctaw County, MS, a member of the United States Army National Guard and a retired Crane Operator with the Railroad. Ronald is survived by his daughter, Lisa (Jeffrey) Pruitt, Eupora, MS; one sister, Pamela (Bill) Pearson, Stewart, MS; two brothers, Gerald (Betty) Woods, Stewart, MS and David Woods, Stewart, MS; one uncle, Colon (Betty) Woods, Duck Hill, MS; two grandsons, Ryan (Jami) Pruitt and Riley Pruitt; one great granddaughter that is expected in May, Ava Pruitt and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. He is preceded in death by his loving wife, Katherine Ann Box Woods; both parents, Kenneth Boyce and Clara Mae Davis Woods; one brother, Donny Joe Woods and one niece and her spouse, Gwen (Pepper) Woods Sisson. Funeral Services for Mr. Ronald will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at Oliver Funeral Home Chapel in Eupora, MS. The family will receive friends and loved ones for a time of visitation on Sunday, February 16, 2025, from 1:00PM until time for services at 3:00PM at Oliver Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery in Choctaw County, MS. The Graveside/Committal Services will be held at Oliver Funeral Home Chapel instead of Ebenezer Cemetery. Rev. Terry Wills will officiate the services. Pallbearers will be Gerald Woods, David Woods, Mike Woods, Jeremy Woods, Jared Wade Woods and Thomas Pruitt. The family requests that all memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is entrusted with all arrangements for the Woods family.