James "Jim" Woodson

McKENZIE - Mr. James Thomas “Jim” Woodson, 72, of McKenzie, Tennessee died Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services are Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at noon in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Marlowe Cemetery in Fruitvale, Tennessee.  

The family will receive friends in the Cherrywood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Monday, 5 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday, 10 to time of service.

JAMES “JIM” WOODSON - WITH PHOTO
1947 — 2019
McKENZIE — Mr. James Thomas “Jim” Woodson, 72, of McKenzie, Tennessee died Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Funeral services are Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at noon in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Marlowe Cemetery in Fruitvale, Tennessee.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the Madison Academy Alumni Association in Jim’s name.
Pallbearers include: Thomas Woodson, Zachary Woodson, Joshua “J.J.” Woodson, Jeffrey Mathews, Brandon Bennett and Jimmy Woodson.
The family will receive friends in the Cherrywood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Monday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Tuesday, 10 a.m. until time of service.
Mr. Woodson was born June 20, 1947, in Alamo, Tennessee, to James Thomas Woodson Sr. and Elizabeth Burrow Woodson. He served in the Army and was a co-owner and manager of a local insurance agency.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Rita Woodson, two daughters, Jennifer Smith (Terry) of Murfreesboro, and Kathy Higgins of Woodbury, four sons, Thomas Woodson (Keri) of McKenzie, Zachary Woodson (Alla) of Chicago, Illinois, Joshua “J.J.” Woodson (Katie), of Paducah, Kentucky, and Jeff Mathews (Kay) of Lascassas, Tennessee, two sisters, Trannie Woodson-Ball of Greenfield, and Ruth Kelly of Cedar Grove, one brother, Dwayne Woodson, of McKenzie, fifteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.