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NHC Healthcare of Athens.She was a retired educator, with 38 years of service in the Meigs County School System. She was a member of the Meigs County Retired Teachers Association. She loved her Ten Mile school family and had many fond memories of her years of service at Ten Mile Elementary School. She attended Lakeside Baptist Church in Ten Mile, where she served as church secretary.She was preceded in death by her parents, Arlan "Hawk" Russell and Garnet Fuller Russell; her husband of 61 years, Herman Woody; and two sisters, Margaret "Sissy" Bivens and Faye Hall.Survivors include her son, Gerald F. Woody of Ten Mile; nieces, Shawn McCampbell and Claudia Bivens; nephews, Eddie Bivens, Ricky Bivens and Bryon Hall; sisters-in-law, Helen Woody and Bernice Woody; brothers-in-law, Roy Woody and A.B. Hall; and other extended family members and a host of friends.Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the chapel of Bowers Funeral Home with Speaker Ray Melton officiating.Interment will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Mount Zion Cemetery in Ten Mile.Pallbearers will be Mark Irwin, Sam Inman, Bill Inman, Eddie Bivens, Ricky Bivens and Ray Ratledge.The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the funeral home prior to the service.In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Mt. Zion Cemetery Fund, c/o Ricky Crabtree, 22 Upper Concord Rd., Ten Mile, TN 37880.Go to www.bowersfh.com to sign the guest book and offer your condolences.Bowers Funeral Home of Decatur is in charge of arrangements. (Sept. 1, 2017 - The Daily Post-Athenian)

Nicole takes over for Ida Barrentine who has retired after almost seven years of service. Ida will continue to work part time, but looks forward to being retired and traveling the country with her husband.Nicole moved to Freestone County with her family in 1999 and graduated from Fairfield High School with the class of 2001. She attended Navarro College and Kaplan Professional Schools where she obtained her real estate license in 2012.Nicole and her husband, Jayme, recently celebrated their 15th anniversary and they have two children, Cash Wayne (10) and Cayme Lyn (almost 5). They also own and operate a commercial cattle business.Besides their love for ranching, they enjoy being outdoors hunting, fishing, spending time on the lake and participating in sporting clays competition but most of all visiting with family and friends.Nicole and family attend First Baptist Church of Teague.Nicole enjoys working with the public and looks forward to serving families with compassion and assisting them in their time of bereavement and need. (Freestonecountytimesonline)