Martha Elizabeth Cothran Woodson

Martha Elizabeth Cothran Woodson, 99, of 2101 Laurel Lane, Altavista died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at her home. She was the wife of the Claude Norman Woodson, Jr. for seventy-four years. She was born July 9, 1917 in Campbell County, a daughter of the late John Hicks Cothran and Eliza Gilliam Epperson Cothran. She was a member of Lane Memorial United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Daughters of the American Revolution, Order of the Eastern Star, Dogwood Garden Club and the Staunton River Garden Club. She is survived by two sons, John Woodson, Sr. of Altavista and Kenneth Woodson, Sr. and his wife Joan of Lynch Station; one daughter, Nancy Bogan and her husband Bill of Greensboro, NC; two sisters, Catherine Pedigo of Altavista and Phyllis Harris of Tallahassee, FL; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth Jessup and her husband Charles of Greensboro, NC, Michele Grant and her husband John of York, SC, John Woodson, II and his wife Tiffany of Rustburg, Jennifer Morton and her husband Martin of Altavista, Jeffery Woodson and his wife Teresa of Dumfries, Heather Blackmon and her husband Charles of Indian Land, SC and David Woodson, II and his wife Abi of Winston Salem, NC; twelve great grandchildren, Aaron Jessup, Zachary Jessup, Yancy Grant, Avery Grant, Chloe Morton, Jeffery Woodson, II, Thomas Woodson, John Woodson, III, Caroline Blackmon, Brooks Blackmon, Tripp Woodson, Ike Woodson and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by four brothers, G. Hicks Cothran, Sr., Harold T. Cothran, Sr., "Pete" Hugh Cothran, Sr. and W. Edwin Cothran, Sr. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Lane Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. Rev. Ben Horrocks with interment to follow in Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m., Friday at Finch and Finch Funeral and Cremation Service, Altavista and other times at the residence. The family would like to thank the caregivers, Alex Walker, Teresa Graves, Nathaniel Graves, Dianne Monroe and Seresa Davis for their loving care. The family suggests that those wishing to make memorials consider Lane Memorial United Methodist Church, 1201 Bedford Ave., Altavista, VA 24517.

Martha Elizabeth Cothran Woodson

July 9, 1917 - September 8, 2016