Mr John Hyman Woolard, 72, died in Pitt General Hospital at seven o'clock Mon night following a stroke of paralysis suffered several days ago. Funeral services will be conducted Wed morning at 11 o'clock at the Eighth Street Christian Church by the pastor, Dr H G Haney, assisted by the Rev Leon Russell, pastor of the Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Woolard, son of the late W K and Elizabeth Leggett Woolard, was born near Stokes and spent his youth there. He had lived in Greenville since 1922 and was a farmer. He was a member of Eighth Street Christian Church. He was married to the former Lou Augusta Chauncey, who died in 1936. He was later married to the former Laura Ellison, who survives. Also surviving are two sons and four daughters by his first marriage: Garland G Woolard of Williamston and William J Woolard of Plymouth; Mrs Paul F Batchelor and Mrs Joe B Gaston of Greenville, Mrs W C Winley of Williamston and Mrs W C Shreve of Falls Church, Virgina.; 12 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs Lizzie W Crandall of Greenville and Mrs Brown Hardison of near Stokes.
Mr John Hyman Woolard, 72, died in Pitt General Hospital at seven o'clock Mon night following a stroke of paralysis suffered several days ago. Funeral services will be conducted Wed morning at 11 o'clock at the Eighth Street Christian Church by the pastor, Dr H G Haney, assisted by the Rev Leon Russell, pastor of the Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Woolard, son of the late W K and Elizabeth Leggett Woolard, was born near Stokes and spent his youth there. He had lived in Greenville since 1922 and was a farmer. He was a member of Eighth Street Christian Church. He was married to the former Lou Augusta Chauncey, who died in 1936. He was later married to the former Laura Ellison, who survives. Also surviving are two sons and four daughters by his first marriage: Garland G Woolard of Williamston and William J Woolard of Plymouth; Mrs Paul F Batchelor and Mrs Joe B Gaston of Greenville, Mrs W C Winley of Williamston and Mrs W C Shreve of Falls Church, Virgina.; 12 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs Lizzie W Crandall of Greenville and Mrs Brown Hardison of near Stokes.