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John Woody

Born in Bremen GA., on February 2, 1936. Father John B. Woody Sr. and mother Lurline Estes Woody.

He graduated from Tallapoosa High School and West Georgia College.

He married Jean Creel in August 1964 and of this date celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary. They have three children and one grandson.

He retired from Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company in April 1997, with 42 years of service. During the last 10 years at Lockheed, he was a Program Controller in the Master Scheduling organization supervising eight professional schedulers. During his career with Lockheed, he was active with the Lockheed chapter of the National Management Association, serving in many leadership roles including Vice President of Professional Development, Vice President of Administration, and Chairman of the Board. While at Lockheed he earned the Certified Manager designation from James Madison University’s Institute of Certified Professional Managers.

In 1958 John took a military leave from Lockheed and joined the United States Army. Following basic training, during which time he was appointed as a recruit team leader and also won the expert rifleman’s shooting classification, he was assigned to the Army Air Defense Command and was stationed at a Nike-Ajax missile site in Connecticut. While there, he advanced to the rank of Crew Chief and was honorably discharged in 1961 and returned to Lockheed.

John has had an active life in the Masons, the Shrine, and South Fulton Shrine Club. He became a mason in 1969 and joined Yarrab Shrine and South Fulton Shrine Club in 1969. In 1970, he helped form the South Fulton Buffoons. He served as president of the South Fulton Shrine Club in 1980 having progressed through the various vice president positions. He was later elected president of the Buffoons on two occasions. John has served as the Chaplain for South Fulton for over 20 years. He previously served three years as Chaplain of Yarrab Shrine and is currently their Chaplain.

John is an award-winning clown having won 1st place in Southeastern Shrine Clown competition in both the Auguste and Character categories, and once in the Tramp category during Yarrab Clown Association competition. He was a member of a three- man skit that was awarded second place during competition. He also placed in the top 10 three times.

John has been very active in his community. He served as a volunteer during the 1996 Olympics and worked in Security. He is on the board of the Fayette County Development Authority representing the town of Tyrone. He is a charter member of the Fayette Community Hospital Auxiliary and has been a member of that Board for several years.

He was elected President for the term 2003-2004. He also was the Northwest District of the state Council on Volunteers/Auxiliaries Nominating Committee Representative for two years. He was elected to the state board as a Northwest District Director in 2004 and reelected in 2005.

John is a member of McDonough Road Baptist Church in Fayetteville, formally Second Baptist of College Park, and has been a member since 1971. John was ordained a Deacon in 1996 and has served two three-year terms as an active deacon and was elected Vice- Chairman of the Deacons two times. He is currently serving a third three-year term. He also served as Chairman of the Finance Committee on two separate occasions. In 1996, he participated in a mission trip to Burkina Faso, Africa where he worked with children.

He enjoys a little golf, reading and traveling with Jean.

Contact Info

Phone: 770-487-0415

Email: jwoody3327@aol.com