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Norman Cooper Woody

Birth
Ballwin, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
Death
12 May 1966 (aged 82)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Norman Cooper Woody, 82, a retired civil engineer, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday at this residence, 1531 Fourth st., after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Woody's body was taken from the House of Bultman Thursday to Brookside Memorial Park and Crematory in Houston, Tex., for cremation and interment.

A native of Baldwin, Mo., Mr. Woody was a longtime resident of Winnfield, La., and had lived in New Orleans for the past five years.

In the early 1900s he was active in railroad construction and engineering in the north and northwest part of the country. In the 1920s he was responsible for much highway construction in North Louisiana.

During and after World War II he was active in various government agencies in Texas. He was a life member of the American Society of Engineers.

Survivors include his widow, the former Nettie McGinty; one son, Dr. Norman C. Woody Jr., New Orleans, and a sister, Miss Marie Woody, St. Louis, Mo.

Published in The New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 13, 1966
Norman Cooper Woody, 82, a retired civil engineer, died at 12:55 p.m. Thursday at this residence, 1531 Fourth st., after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Woody's body was taken from the House of Bultman Thursday to Brookside Memorial Park and Crematory in Houston, Tex., for cremation and interment.

A native of Baldwin, Mo., Mr. Woody was a longtime resident of Winnfield, La., and had lived in New Orleans for the past five years.

In the early 1900s he was active in railroad construction and engineering in the north and northwest part of the country. In the 1920s he was responsible for much highway construction in North Louisiana.

During and after World War II he was active in various government agencies in Texas. He was a life member of the American Society of Engineers.

Survivors include his widow, the former Nettie McGinty; one son, Dr. Norman C. Woody Jr., New Orleans, and a sister, Miss Marie Woody, St. Louis, Mo.

Published in The New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 13, 1966


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