MARBLE HILL -- Woodrow W. "Woody" Hutson, 80, of Delta, formerly of Ridley Park, Pa., and Lutesville, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 1994, at his home.
He was born in Oran on Dec. 21, 1913, son of Columbus and Bertha Williams Hutson.
He married Jewell E. Ashby on Sept. 24, 1939. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Brenda J. Hutson, of Wilmington, Del.; two brothers, Ellis Hutson of Grassy and Lloyd Hutson of Marble Hill; two grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, three sisters and a half brother.
He worked at a general steel casting company in Pennsylvania 25 years, then worked for Sun Ship Dry Dock and Builders before retiring in 1975.
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in Philadelphia, Pa. during World War II. He was also a volunteer firefighter and assistant chief engineer of the Leedom Estates Fire Company in Ridley Park.
Service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, with the Rev. Jeff Sippy officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today, and from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday.
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