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WENDELL LEE WOODRUM

Wendell Lee Woodrum, 72, of Hayesville died Tuesday (Dec. 7, 2004) in a Clay County care facility. A native of Bidwell, OH, he was the son of Elizabeth Rutan Woodrum of Oberlin, OH and the late Irvin Lee Woodrum. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving in the US Navy. Wendell was a truck driver, retiring in 1995 and he had also worked for Brasstown Valley Resort for six years. He was a former member of the Moose Lodge in Winter Haven, FL.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Woodrum.

Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife of 47 years, Carol Ann Geist Woodrum; three daughters, Dawn Saltz and husband, Bill of Franklin, NC, Linda Carringer and husband, Perry of Hayesville, and Lora Ramsey and husband, James of Gastonia, NC; four sisters, Leah Lively of Leesburg, FL, Dorothy Clark of Loraine, OH, Sue Swinehart of Vermillion, OH, and Janie Yakunovich of Oberlin, OH; a brother, Jim Woodrum of Oberlin and Paul Woodrum of Elyria, OH; and four grandchildren, Luke, Logan, Amanda, and Ryan.

Funeral services at 3:00 PM Saturday (Dec. 11) in the Chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville with the Rev. Keith Nuckolls and Troy Long officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1-2:45 Saturday afternoon at the Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville prior to the services.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Truett Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 464, Hayesville, NC 28904 or the Meadow Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o Carolyn Dendy, 30 Slave Drive, Hayesville, NC 28904.

Ivie Funeral Home, Hayesville in charge of all arrangements.

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