MATTHEWS -- Carol Ann Woodall, 67, died July 22, 2008, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Born Nov. 19, 1940, in Essex, to the late John and Veda Boyd Baker, she had lived most of her life in and around Matthews, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church. She had worked as a cook in many area restaurants.

On Oct. 5, 1963, she married Eugene "Gene" Woodall, who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: one daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Derek McKown of Sikeston; two grandsons, Caleb Crum and Nathaniel McKown, both of Sikeston; one brother, Harold Yancy of Sikeston; three sisters, Kathy Taylor of Matthews, Norma Busby of Anna, Ill., and Ruth Avery of Essex; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by: four brothers, Elbert Baker, Jack Baker, Johnny Baker and one in infancy; and three sisters, Polly Burch, Shirley Jean and one in infancy.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Jamie Jones of Kansas City, Mo., will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield.

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