Joe Woodson Jr.

Published 4:46 pm Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Funeral services for Joe Woodson Jr. are to be held Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Chapel of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Rudy Smith officiating; interment shall follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Joe Woodson Jr., a Vicksburg resident, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the Shady Lawn Nursing Home following a brief illness. He was 80. He was retired from the MAT Sinking Unit.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Lillie Mae Woodson Sr., and his brothers, Mannie Johnson, Clarence Johnson, Bert Woodson and Johnny Woodson.

He leaves to cherish memories his son, Joe Woodson; a daughter, Ruby Ann Shelby and son; a brother, Patrick Woodson of Vicksburg; his sisters, Roberta Stamps, Juanita Byrd and Doris Lee; two grandchildren; three great-granddaughters; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles, including the Stamps, Woodson, Jones, Wildee, Johnson, Jackson, Byrd, Harris and Lee families.