Alice Behre Woods, the first female student to attend Rhodes College, and a teacher in Memphis for 50 years, died yesterday at Resthaven Nursing Home. She was 98. Miss Woods was the first president of the Memphis Education Association. Her teaching career included 40 years at Central High School. She retired in 1958. She was one of the first members of the Delta Kappa Gamma honorary teachers society. In 1905 she became the first female student at Southwestern (now called Rhodes), which at that time was in Clarksville, Tenn. Her father, Dr. Neander Montgomery Woods, was chancellor of the school She was the oldest member of Second Presbyterian Church (her father built the old Second Presbyterian Church at Hernando and Pontotoc). During the church's early years she trained the "Circle Leaders" who taught the Bible classes. She also was active in the church choir and was an accomplished violinist. Miss Woods leaves four nieces, Susiebelle Wade of Memphis, with whom she lived for 35 years, Nancy Woods Muse of Memphis, Sarah Cummins Flatau of New Fairfield, Conn., and Jessie Woods Falls of Wynne, Ark.; and two nephews, Everett Dedman Woods of Memphis and David Cummins of Jackson, Tenn. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Second Presbyterian Church. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the church or charity of choice. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on March 5, 1985)
Contributor: Carole McCaig (46785778)
Contributor: Carole McCaig (46785778)
Alice Behre Woods, the first female student to attend Rhodes College, and a teacher in Memphis for 50 years, died yesterday at Resthaven Nursing Home. She was 98. Miss Woods was the first president of the Memphis Education Association. Her teaching career included 40 years at Central High School. She retired in 1958. She was one of the first members of the Delta Kappa Gamma honorary teachers society. In 1905 she became the first female student at Southwestern (now called Rhodes), which at that time was in Clarksville, Tenn. Her father, Dr. Neander Montgomery Woods, was chancellor of the school She was the oldest member of Second Presbyterian Church (her father built the old Second Presbyterian Church at Hernando and Pontotoc). During the church's early years she trained the "Circle Leaders" who taught the Bible classes. She also was active in the church choir and was an accomplished violinist. Miss Woods leaves four nieces, Susiebelle Wade of Memphis, with whom she lived for 35 years, Nancy Woods Muse of Memphis, Sarah Cummins Flatau of New Fairfield, Conn., and Jessie Woods Falls of Wynne, Ark.; and two nephews, Everett Dedman Woods of Memphis and David Cummins of Jackson, Tenn. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Second Presbyterian Church. The family requests that any memorials be sent to the church or charity of choice. (Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, on March 5, 1985)
Contributor: Carole McCaig (46785778)
Contributor: Carole McCaig (46785778)
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