Mava Leabo-Woodard

© Enid News and Eagle

03-02-2008

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Mava Leabo-Woodard, at the age of 98 years and one month, our Mother went home to be with her Lord Feb. 29, 2008. On Feb. 1, 1910, in Enid, OK, Mava Belle Bush, the middle of three children, was born to Carlton Cody and Ruth Jane Taggart Bush.

She was reared in Enid and spent most of her life there. Mava’s mother died when she was 8 years old, and she went to live with a loving aunt and uncle, Laura and Grover Taggart. Mava graduated from Enid High School in 1938, and on July 28, she married Raymond Leabo. To this union two daughters were born.

Mava received Christ as her personal Savior at the age of 12 and was a long time member of both First Baptist and Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid. She worked in downtown Enid for many years. She was an excellent seamstress and also enjoyed writing poetry, needlepoint and crocheting.

Mava remained a widow for many years after Raymond passed away in 1970, but in 1989, she renewed her acquaintance with Jack Woodard at their 60th high school class reunion and were married soon after. She and Jack made their home in Enid until 1997 when they moved to Edmond to be closer to her family. She then moved her church membership to Waterloo Road Baptist. In late December of the same year, she was widowed again. Mava then moved to an assisted living facility and was still living there at the time of her death.

She was preceded in death by two loving husbands, her parents, one sister and one brother, her special aunt and uncle, her stepmother, two half-sisters and one stepsister.

She is survived by both her daughters and their spouses, Dorothy and Neal Little of Edmond, and Lois and Bill Goetzinger of Oklahoma City, three grandsons and one granddaughter, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a half-brother, several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Mava loved her family and was deeply loved by them and many friends who will miss her quick wit and humor.

Funeral services will be held at Matthews Funeral Home, 10 a.m. March 3, 2008, with graveside services and burial in Enid Cemetery, 200 W. Willow, Enid, OK at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, please make any memorials to Waterloo Road Baptist Church Youth Mission Trip, 3100 E. Waterloo Road, Edmond, OK 73034, or the charity of your choice.

A special Thank You to Jefferson’s Gardens Assisted Living Facility for the love and care they have given Mother the past eight years and to Companion Hospice for the special care she was given this past month.

Services are under the direction of Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, OK.

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