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Hugh DeWoody

Hugh William DeWoody was born at Sayre, on May 26, 1909, to Jim DeWoody and Lena Godley DeWoody.

He departed this life on March 19, 2004, in a local hospital.

Funeral services were Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating. Interment was in Rosehill Cemetery.

He was married to the former Frances Hagar at Gould, Okla., on June 29, 1935. They moved to Ardmore in 1955 from Waurika for him to become the OSU County Extension Director for Carter County. He was responsible for writing weekly news articles for 20 years as well as a daily radio program on agriculture. He was a past president of the Oklahoma County Extension Agents, Rotary and Lions Club. He was a member and past President of the National County Agents Association. He was a vocational agriculture instructor at Gould and Tipton before becoming County Agent at Waurika. He received the Service to Agriculture 25 year award as well as the 30 year award. He received the Distinguished Service Award for Extension Service and the 50 year Golden Rider Award. He was recently presented an award for his service by the Carter County Junior Livestock Show.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Worth Sunday School Class. He had also served as president for the Baptist Brotherhood as well as serving as a Sunday School teacher and deacon in churches in Gould, Tipton and Waurika.

In college at Magnolia A&M he played football and was captain of the basketball team. He graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1933 with a double major in Agriculture/Horticulture and Science and Vocational Agriculture. His junior and senior years at Oklahoma A&M he was a member of the Livestock Judging Team. In 1960 he received his Masters degree from OSU in Vocational Agriculture. He was an honorary member of the agriculture fraternity of Alpha Zeta.

He is survived by his wife, Frances, of the home; two daughters, Martheta Horn and her husband Mickey of Little Rock and Jane Walters and her husband Gene of Duncan; a grandson who was raised by the DeWoodys; Rocky Northcutt and his wife Cheryl of Ardmore; five other grandchildren, Tina Landeros of Dallas, Tex., Phelicia Scott of Duncan, Billy Walters of Duncan, Bambi Smith and her husband Buddy of Corpus Christi, Tex.; and a sister, Stella Pittman of Prescott.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Zula Walker; and a brother, John Ves DeWoody and a granddaughter, Dwayna Northcutt.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.craddockfuneralhome.com.

Pallbearers were Cleo Dupy, John DeHart, Danny Steele, Don Conrad, Arthur Ricketts, and Glen Jones. Honorary pallbearers were George Hall, Roy Tompkins, Leo Roberts, Fred Chapman, George Hedger, Wayne Merritt, and Creede Speake.