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- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 7 Sep 2005.
Nora Farley Woodard, 90 of Friendsville passed away at Asbury Health Care. She was born September 8, 1914, died September 7, 2005. Nora was born and raised in Proctor, NC. The people of Proctor were forced to move with the building of Fontana Dam in the Forties. She was the daughter of the late John and Sadie Welch Farley. She was also preceded in death by her brother: Furman Farley; sisters: Rachael Hyde, Zina Oliver, and Vira Fouts; grandsons: Jeffrey Carl Woodard, and Paul Byron Woodard. She is survived by her husband of Sixty-Five Years: Carl E. Woodard; sons and daughters-in-law: Carl Farley and Hope Woodard, Richard and Carla Woodard all of Maryville; grandchildren: Mark and Kim Woodard of New Market, Tommy and April Woodard Johnson of Philadelphia, TN, Wesley, Ricky, Martin, and Harrison Woodard all of Maryville; many special nieces and nephews, neighbors, and friends. Nora's father passed away in her teen years, she then moved to Kings Mountain, NC to be a Nanny and Housekeeper for her double first cousin Hattie Welch Cash. She met and cooked for several Movie Stars of the day at the theatre owned by Hattie's husband David. David also taught her to fly his airplane. She married Carl Woodard in 1940 and moved to Tennessee. She was an avid cook and quilter who saw to it that her sons knew how to cook as well as she did. She could find something good in everyone, and was loved by everyone who knew her. A private burial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday at Shady Grove Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2005 at Zion Chapel Baptist Church on Ralph Phelps Road in Louisville with Rev. Clarence Byrd officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Church. Condolences may be e-mailed to Memorialfh@yahoo.com
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