SAMUEL WOODRUFF

PUXICO -- Samuel Woodruff, 85, of Puxico died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 28, 1914, at Essex, son of Charles and Eliza Dalton Woodruff. He and Mary Clark were married Nov. 23, 1940, at Bloomfield.

Woodruff was employed at Morton Buildings in Morton, Ill., 10 years. He returned to Puxico in 1976. He was a member of Corinth General Baptist Church near Puxico.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Ronald Woodruff of Jackson; four daughters, Donna Lewis of Lafayette, Tenn., Luann Baugher of Puxico, Doris Seabaugh of Gibson, and Marlene Lowe of Kennett.

Also surviving are three sisters, Beulah Gross and Faye Harwood of Flint, Mich., Francis Sitz of Warren, Mich.; a brother, Quinton Woodruff of Flint; 13 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Revs. Bob Bradford and Ray Placher will officiate. Burial will be in Taylor Cemetery near Essex.