Lois Alexander Woody

Lois Alexander Woody, 78, of Asheville, NC, died on Monday, February 4, 2013, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center. A native of Buncombe Co., Mrs. Woody was a daughter of the late Jasper Allen and Lois Davis Alexander. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jasper Bruce Alexander. A graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School, Mrs. Woody retired as an RN after working at various facilities in Tennessee and North Carolina. She was a charter member of Grace Baptist Church. Mrs. Woody is survived by her husband of 57 years, James Aubrey Woody; daughters, Cheryl Elaine Brame (Herbert), of Oxford, NC, and Alicia Marie Tremblay, of Asheville; sons, Kenneth Aubrey Woody, and Glen Wade Woody (Patricia), all of Asheville; sisters, Martha Adella Hungerford, of Asheville, and Brenda Marie Arey (Mark), of Sanford, NC; and grandchildren, Wade, Ethan, Aubrey, Joshua, Adam, Andrew, and Alex. A funeral service for Mrs. Woody will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday at the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Patton Ave. with the Rev. Nathan Pruett officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Grace Baptist Church Youth Ministry in Memory of Lois Woody, 718 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806.