Mrs. Cynthia Dianetta Pettiford Woodard
O far a closer walk with God, a calm and heavenly friend. A light to shine up on the road, that leads me to the lamb. Where is the Blessedness that I knew, when First I saw the lord? Where is the soul refreshing view of Jesus and his word? It is with sadness in our heart that the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia pause to announce the death and home going celebration for Mrs. Cynthia Dianetta Pettiford Woodard, of Ocilla. Born March 14, 1960, in Tifton Georgia to the late Mrs. Rosa Lee Hall Pettiford and Rev. Edsel Pettiford Sr. Mrs. Woodard received God's call to her everlasting home on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at the Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla Georgia surrounded by her devoted family. She leaves to cherish her memories, her husband: Mr. Terry Woodard of Ocilla Georgia. Their children: Mr. Vertis and Mrs. Wendy Lane Jr. of Ocilla Georgia, Ms. Monica Rawls of Cartersville Georgia, Mr. Machael and Ms. Brooke Carroll Lane of Blackshear Georgia, Mr. Demitrius and Mrs. Tosha Lane of Cartersville Georgia, Ms. Shaquita Woodard of Fitzgerald Georgia and Mr. Terrance Woodard of Atlanta Georgia. Her father: Rev. Edsel Pettiford Sr. of Tifton Georgia. Her Siblings: Mr. Edsel and Mrs. Velma Pettiford Jr. Mr. Ronnie Pettiford, Mr. Thomas Pettiford, Mrs. Gwendolyn and Mr. Bobby Green, Ms. Selena Pettiford all of Tifton Georgia and Mr. Dewayne and Mrs. Bridgett Hall of Milledgeville Georgia along with a host of grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. A home going celebration for Mrs. Cynthia Pettiford Woodard is planned for Saturday July 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. from the St. Phillips Missionary Baptist church 505 East 5th street Ocilla Georgia, where Rev. Fredrick Sanders serves as pastor, and will deliver the eulogy and committal. Interment will follow in the Ocilla city cemetery, 301 East Valdosta Ave in Ocilla. Mrs. Woodard will lie is state at the Davis funeral home in Ocilla, Friday morning 11:00 until 6:00 p.m. and Saturday Morning 10:30 until 12:00 noon. The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements. Please continue to pray for the Woodard and Pettiford families.