WAYNE WOODS SR.

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Retired Sgt. Wayne Woods Sr. departed this life for the next on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at his home, 4598 Lodebar Road, Sumter.

He was born on Aug. 4, 1957, to Mary Woods Johnson and the late Leroy Woods Sr. He joined the Antioch United Methodist Church at a young age. He graduated from Maywood High School in 1976. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the United States Army and served his country for 20 years before retiring to his hometown of Sumter. He worked at the Department of Corrections, Lee County, after retirement. His hobbies were playing basketball, pool and bowling.

He is survived by his son, Wayne Woods Jr. of Sumter and Larry Woods of New Jersey; grandchildren, Anthony, Nicayah, Zabien, Zabionn, Payton, Paige and Judah; a loving mother, Mary Woods Johnson of Blythewood; two brothers, James (Cynthia) Woods and Olin Woods, both of Sumter; three sisters, Francenia (Herman) Vaughn of Sumter, Evelyn (Newton) Loo of Lagrangeville, New York, and Carrie (Reginald) Taylor of Blythewood; sister-in-law, Helen Woods; a special friend, Diane Johnson; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joanne Woods; daughter, Temieka Marie Woods; his father, Leroy Woods Sr.; his brother, Leroy Woods Jr.; and his grandparents, John and Ethel Woods, Maggie Jackson and Pansy and Shepard Jackson.

In accordance with the COVID-19 guidelines, the family is requesting that face masks and social distancing be observed by relatives and friends during visitations at 312 Overlook Drive, Blythewood.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with the Rev. Marvis Stewart, pastor of Antioch United Methodist Church, officiating and the Rev. Devon Wright, pastor of Pine Grove Baptist Church, Cades, eulogist.

Burial will be at noon in the Fort Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Road, Columbia, with full military honors.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.WilliamsFuneralHomeInc.com.