Dessie Woods

b. circa 22 October 1908, d. 6 November 1998
  • Dessie Woods was born circa 22 October 1908 in Arkansas.
  • John T. Woods and Ada Mary Canter appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Veasey Township, Drew County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Dessie Woods. Also in the household were children Gaston (age 11), Vry (8), Dessie's twin Jessie (2) and Orlean (3 months).
  • John T. Woods and Ada Mary Canter appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Ladelle, Drew County, Arkansas. Other members of the household included Dessie Woods. Also in the household were children James G. (age 18), Ury (15), Orleorn (13), Dessie's twin sister Jessie (11), Johnnie W. (6) and Jurldeane (4), and boarder Jacob Wagner (64).
  • Ada Mary Canter appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in McGehee, Desha County, Arkansas, at 400 South Third. Other members of the household included Dessie Woods. Also in the household were children Gaston (age 28), Ury (23), Orlean (21) Dessie's twin sister Jessie (18), Johnny (15) and Geraldine (13).
  • She married Glenn Rae Pate on 21 October 1934 in Desha County, Arkansas.
  • Glenn Rae Pate and Dessie Woods appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, at Ross Drive. Also in the household was daughter Janie Lee (age 4).
  • Dessie Woods became a widow at the 8 June 1964 death of her husband Glenn Rae Pate.
  • The following appeared on 20 November 1978 in the Arkansas Gazette: (McGehee) Mrs. Ada Mary Woods, aged 95, of McGehee died Sunday. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Survivirs are two sons, Gaston Woods of Fort Worth, Tex., and Ury Woods of McGehee; five daughters, Misses Johnnie and Hannah Woods, Mrs. Jessie Appel and Mrs. Geraldine Banister, all of McGehee, and Mrs. Dessie Pate of West Memphis, 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 10 great-greata-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Dupwe and Sons Funeral Home here. Burial will be at McGehee Cemetery.
  • The following appeared on 17 May 1985 in the Arkansas Democrat: Johnnie Woods, 71, of McGehee, a retired truck driver for Gulf Powell Oil Co., died Thursday. Woods was a Baptist, a volunteer fireman, a former employee of the city of McGehee and a member of Desha Masonic Lodge No. 643. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at McGehee First Baptist Church by the Rev. Mason Craig. Burial will be in McGehee Cemetery. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nannie Minchew Woods; two daughters, mrs. Jonnie Cingolani of North Little Rock and Mrs. Patsy Daniels of Collins; a brother, Ury F. Woods of McGehee; four sisters, Miss Hannah Woods, Mrs. Gerldine Banister and Mrs. Jessie App;le, all of McGehee and Mrs. Dessie Pate of West Memphis; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  • The following appeared on 17 January 1987 in the Arkansas Democrat: Mrs. Geraldine Banister: Mrs. Geraldine Woods Banister, 71, of McGehee, widow of Paul M. Banister Sr., died Thursday. Mrs. Banister was a member of McGehee Firt Baptist Church and the Order of Eastern Star. Funeral will be at McGehee Cemetery by Stephenson Funeral Home, Monticello. Survivors are a son, Paul Banister Jr. of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Jerry Ann Funderburg and Mrs. Pam Stephenson, both of Monticello; a bother, Ury F. Woods of McGehee; three sisters, Miss Orlene Woods and Mrs. Jessie Apple, both of McGehee, and Mrs. Dessie Pate of West Memphis; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  • The following appeared on 25 July 1988 in the Arkansas Democrat: (McGehee) Ury Frank Woods, aged 84, of McGehee, a retired Arkansas Power and Light employee, died Sunday. He was a Baptist, a Mason, a member of the Royal Arch, a Shriner, a member of the Eastern Star, a member of the order of the Amarangh, and a member of the McGehee auxiliary police. Survivors are three sisters, Hannah Woods of McGehee, Jessie Apple of North Little Rock, and Dessie Pate of West Memphis. Funeral will be at 3:00 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church. A Masonic graveside service will be in McGehee Cemetery by Dupwe and Sons Funeral Home.
  • Dessie Woods died on 6 November 1998 in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
  • She was interred at Crittenden Memorial Park, Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas.
  • Last Edited: 27 May 2016

Family: Glenn Rae Pate b. 27 October 1903, d. 8 June 1964