Bobby Woody

Mr. Bobby Woody, 82, of Union City died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vine Street Church of Christ. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Rawls Funeral Home chapel in Union City.
Pallbearers will be Bryan Wilkins, Kamryn Simpson, Kaleb Simpson, Bobby Woody III, Kayla Woody and Keria Woody.
Captain Bobby Leroy Woody was born Dec. 12, 1934, at the Debow family residence in Union City. He was the son of the late James Woody and Theresa Mae Debow.
He was raised in Union City by his mother, Theresa M. (Debow) Hudson; and his grandparents, Alfred Debow and Callie Elaine (Snead) Debow.
He entered the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and was awarded many medals for combat bravery and valor. After retiring from Shelby County Sheriff’s Department and the Navy and upon the release of the movie “Red Tails,” he gave many presentations to the local community on the Tuskegee Airmen, focusing on his cousin Charles Debow, a squadron leader.
He leaves behind his former wife, Gregoria Maria Woody; his children, Teresa B. Woody, Tomas B. Woody, Bobbie G. Woody, Angelina Woody, Jovana Woody, Anwar Woody, Bobby Woody Jr., Krystle Woody and Dante Woody; numerous grandchildren; his sister-in-law, Johnnie M. (Milligan) Woody; his nieces and nephews, Theresa Woody, Bobbie Woody, Sylvia Woody, Ellis Woody Jr., John Woody, Brendah Debow and Treila Debow; his cousin, Alfred Debow; and a longtime special friend, Ruby Parson.
He was preceded in death by his mother; father; his younger brother, Ellis Ray Woody; and his niece, Trenna Debow.