DeWoody Jr., William "Bill" 


GILMER -- Services for William Rufus "Bill" DeWoody Jr. will be held 1:30 p.m. 
Sunday, May 7, 2006, at Croley Funeral Home Chapel, with the Reverend Mark 
Woodward officiating. Masonic graveside rites will follow in Bluff City Cemetery 
of Bluff City, Arkansas. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 6, 2006. Mr. 
DeWoody died Thursday, May 4, 2006, in Gilmer. Mr. DeWoody was born October 24, 
1936, in Texarkana, Texas, to William Rufus DeWoody Sr. and Sarah Frances 
Westerfield DeWoody. He was raised in Prescott, Arkansas, until age three, when 
his family moved to Pittsburg, Texas, and he graduated from Pittsburg High School. 
He attended BMI Business School in Longview, Texas, and was in the Western Auto 
business and later for True Value until 1980. He then was in the real estate 
appraisal business until 1991 in Pittsburg, Texas. Mr. DeWoody was a member of 
Frank Sexton Masonic Lodge, Hella Shrine Temple 32nd Degree Scottish Rite in 
Corinth, Mississippi, and York Rite. He was preceded in death by his parents, and 
a granddaughter, Kailey McKenna Jones. Mr. DeWoody Jr. is survived by his wife of 
20 years, Jane; twin daughters, Ashley Jeanice and Allison Frances; sons, Mike 
DeWoody of Pittsburg, and Kent DeWoody of Pittsburg; step-son, Brian Jones of 
Longview; grandchildren, Dakota, Kole, Reece, and Devin DeWoody of Pittsburg, and 
Brianne and Austin Jones of Longview; a host of cousins; and many wonderful friends. 
Pallbearers will be Russell Wilson, Shannon Key, Ron Locklear, Ryan Lipman, Fred 
Betterton, Mark Disman, Leon Shipman, and Mark Metts. Honorary pallbearers will be 
Don Wallace, J.W. Hooper, Bob Bates, Alan Loyd, Joe Jack Lyle, Jerry Najvar, Sam 
Mercer, Don Bass, and the members from The Methodist Men.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 5/6/2006.