Lloyd A. Woods

© Westville Reporter
September 1968
Submitted by: Wanda Elliott

Funeral service for Lloyd Arthur Woods, 62, a life-long resident of Westville, was held September 13, 1968 in the Hart Memorial Chapel. Rev. Franklin Simmons, pastor of the Methodist Church was the officiating minister. Music was provided by Mrs. Harold Ray Hart and Mrs. Jerry Tullis.

Woods, member of a pioneer Westville family, died September 11, 1968 in the Washington General Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born May 27, 1906, in Westville, Indian Territory, the son of Thomas Calvin and Sarah Jane Thurman Woods. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Pallbearers were J. C. Morris, Kenneth Morris, Burlan Woods, Terry Reed, Gene Russell and G. W. Parrott

Flower bearers were Mrs. Fay Johnson, Mrs. Maudie Jefferies, Mrs. Mary Ann Reese, Mrs. E. C. Carmichael, Mrs. Woodrow Bowles, Mrs. Betty Self, Mrs. G. W. Parrott, Mrs. Helen Wrigley and Mrs. Oneita Heibert.

He is survived by his wife, Mabel [Hargrove], of the home; one son, Vol Calvin, Westville; one daughter, Mrs. Maxine Holt, Westville. Also, four grandchildren, Dixie Lee and Janice Holt, and Debbie and Vol David Woods; four brothers, Jim, Tom, Forrest, and Oliver, all of Westville; five sisters, Stella Langley, Nellie Tennant, Kate Harmon, Minnie Russell and Elsie Reed, all of Westville.

Interment was in the Westville Cemetery under the direction of Hart Funeral Home.

Mabel Woods Curteman

© Hart Funeral Home - Westville, OK
September 2000
Submitted by: Wanda Elliott

Graveside services for Mabel Woods Curteman were held 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 4, 2000 at the Westville City Cemetery with Vol David Woods and David Brown officiating. Services were under the direction of Hart Funeral Home of Westville.

Mabel Woods Curteman was born January 29, 1905 in Dutch Mills, Arkansas to Ulyses Grant Hargrove and Amanda Snodgrass Hargrove. She departed this life August 30, 2000 in Westville, Oklahoma at the age of 95 years, 7 months and 1 day.

She was a farmer and owner and operator of Woods Grocery Store. On July 30, 1924, Mabel was married to Loyd Arthur Woods. He preceded her in death on September 11, 1967. On July 12, 1972, she was married to Willard Terry Curteman. He preceded her in death on January 3, 1983. Mabel was of the Methodist faith.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; nine brothers and sisters, Chester, John, Vol, U. G., Ola, Myrtle, Gertie, Lillian and Gladys.

Mabel is survived by one son, Vol Calvin Woods; one daughter Maxine Woods Pendegraft both of Westville; three granddaughters, Dixie Deen of Texas, Janice Donalson of Blaire, Texas and Debra Brown of Westville; one grandson, Vol David Woods of Welling; nine great grandchildren, Victoria and Allison Deen, Anson and Eddie Lang, Travis and Trenton Brown, Tabitha, Amanda and Vol Colton Woods; and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and loved ones.