Woodall, Hubert C., Jr., 1918-2016

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Biography

Hubert Cogdell Woodall, Jr., and Willis Lester Woodall were the sons of Hubert C., Sr., and Hannah Jones Woodall, and they grew up in Smithfield, NC.

Hubert was born November 19, 1918, in Smithfield, and he graduated from Smithfield High School in 1936. He graduated from N. C. State University, Raleigh, NC, in 1941, and majored in textiles. He married Frances Bishop Jefferson (1918-2011) on December 12, 1943, in Lynchburg, VA, and they had two children, Stephen Lester Woodall and Susan Eloise Woodall. His second marriage was to Pauline George on December 27, 1962.

Hubert died April 19, 2016, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC. Willis Lester “Woody” Woodall was born March 30, 1926, in Smithfield. He graduated from Smithfield High School in 1942 and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from N. C. State University. He also served as an Aviation Cadet with the U. S. Navy from 1944-45.

After working for 30 years as office manager of Hoffman and Hoffman in Raleigh, NC, he retired in 1985. He was a charter member of Starmount Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC, and St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC.

“Woody” married Mary Eloise Fortune on August 20, 1950. After her death, he married Genevieve Medlin Berge Woodall of Smithfield.

He died April 25, 2004, and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Smithfield.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Hubert C., Jr. and Lester Woodall Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: PHC 1-14

Identifier: PHC00014

Dates: 1991 October 28

Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / Hubert C., Jr. and Lester Woodall Photograph Collection

Hubert C. Woodall, Jr. and Lester Woodall Papers

Collection — legal box: PC 34

Identifier: PC00034

Scope and Contents

The Hubert C. Woodall, Jr, and Lester Woodall Papers contain miscellaneous books and manuals pertaining to World War II, newspaper clippings, and Hood Family genealogy.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1991 October 28 ; Record Keeping: 2004 August 25; 1932-1977

Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / Hubert C. Woodall, Jr. and Lester Woodall Papers

Jones-Lockhart Papers

Collection — legal box: PC 33

Identifier: PC00033

Scope and Contents

The Jones-Lockhart Papers contain handwritten correspondence and various legal documents.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1991 October 28; 1817-1958

Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / Jones-Lockhart Papers

Photograph of the Smithfield High School Band , circa 1930-1931

Item

Identifier: 21.006

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is made up of eleven photographs, five of which are of Camp Tuscarora in Wayne County, NC. Other photographs in the collection include two of the Smithfield High students in both the band and the orchestra from the early 1930s. Two photographs are of a plane piloted by a naval officer out of Norfolk, VA. According to eyewitness reports, he had to make an emergency landing in a field near Smithfield High, where a basketball game was being played. The game was paused and the...

Dates: circa 1930-1931

Found in: The Johnston County Heritage Center / PHC00021, Richard J. Noble Photograph Collection

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