In Memory of

Terrence

L.

Woodard

Sr.

Obituary for Terrence L. Woodard Sr.

SARGENT TERRENCE LAMARR WOODARD, SR.
AKA: TERRY & MASTERPIECE

TERRENCE LAMARR WOODARD, SR. WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 5, 1975 TO PENNY WOODARD AND ROBERT BOYD, IN TOLEDO, OHIO. HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, AND IMMEDIATELY WENT AWAY TO BOOT CAMP AFTER GRADUATING FROM CALVIN M. WOODWARD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1994. TERRY SCORED SO HIGH ON HIS TEST, THAT HE HAD NO LIMITATIONS ON WHAT POSITION HE CHOSE TO PURSUE AS A MARINE. HE MOVED UP THE RANKS FAST, WINNING VARIOUS AWARDS, BADGES, AND MEDALS. TERRY WAS A SARGENT WHEN HE FINALLY DECIDED TO RETIRE FROM THE MARINES AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE.

TERRY WAS A VERY SERIOUS PERSON WHEN IT CAME TO TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS. HE ENJOYED LIFE TO THE FULLEST. THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, TERRY WAS A JOKESTER, CRACKING JOKES ON ANYONE HE ENCOUNTERED. TERRY HAD A GOOD HEART, AND ACTUALLY ENJOYED HELPING OTHERS.

TERRY SEEMED TO BE A MASTER OF ALL TALENTS. HE TAUGHT HIS COUSIN CASEY HOW TO CUT HAIR, WHICH LED TO CASEY OWNING HIS OWN BARBERSHOP IN ATLANTA, GA. TERRY WAS AN AVID HEALTH NUT, RELIGIOUSLY WORKING OUT DAILY. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RECRUITING AS MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE, AND HE MADE A HUGH IMPACT ON HIS COUSIN VINCENT, WHO CURRENTLY OWNS HIS OWN GYM IN ATLANTA, GA. ALTHOUGH, TERRY WAS NOT THE OLDEST OF THE GRANDCHILDREN ON HIS MOM'S SIDE, HE WAS GREATLY ADMIRED, AND LOOKED UP TO. ASIDE FROM SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY ON THE HOLIDAYS, TERRY LOVED COOKING, FISHING, TRAVELING, AND RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE.

TERRY WAS A GREAT PROVIDER AND PROTECTOR OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS FAITHFULLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING LOVING CARE FOR HIS MOTHER DURING HER BATTLE WITH CANCER, AND SUBSEQUENT TO HER PASSING, HE TOOK CARE OF HIS MOM'S FOUR-LEGGED CHILD THAT SHE NAMED "BYBO".

TERRY WAS A TRUE FIGHTER. HE SURVIVED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK WHILE DRIVING HIS CAR IN 2013, AND WENT THROUGH INTENSIVE REHABILITATION, MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY. IN 2018, TERRY HAD A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, WHICH CAUSED IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO HIS BRAIN. ALTHOUGH TERRY FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT FOR TEN MONTHS, MAKING STRIDES IN RECOVERY THAT EVEN SURPRISED THE DOCTORS, IT WAS TIME FOR GOD TO CALL HIM HOME.

TERRY WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS LOVING MOTHER, PENNY WOODARD, GRANDMOTHERS, SHIRLEY SIMMS & MARY BOYD, AND GRANDFATHER, LUTHER WOODARD.

TERRY IS SURVIVED BY HIS FOUR CHILDREN: TERRENCE L. WOODARD, JR.; TYMARR N. WOODARD; CORY I. BROWN; AND TORRENCE J. WOODARD. GRANDCHILDREN: LYRIC K. LOFTON; AND TERRENCE L. WOODARD, III. FATHER, ROBERT BOYD. SIBLINGS: TAMARA WOODARD; OLISHA PRYOR; AND TAJUANA BOYD. NIECE/NEPHEW: JAI'DENCE WOODARD; AND JOZIAH PRYOR. AUNTS: ROBIN (LARRY) JOHNSON; AND KAREN CASEY. UNCLES: MICHAEL, JIMMY, AND JOHNNY BOYD. SPECIAL FRIEND, KENTRAH LIDDELL-SMITH.