Nathaniel Woods Jr

October 10, 1933 - May 9, 2020

Nathaniel Woods, Jr age 86, of Pahokee, Florida quietly departed this life on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Born on October 10, 1933 to Nathaniel Woods Sr. and Sylvia (Fair) Waterman in Gilmore, Arkansas. Nathaniel joined the Army on July 9, 1954 as a Custodian Supervisor for 3 years. During his enlistment he traveled overseas to Germany served in the Korean Conflict. Upon retiring from the Army, he was employed at Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado as a Custodian Supervisor for over 20 years. He relocated to Pahokee, Florida and worked again as a Custodian at Kathryn E. Cunningham Canal Point Elementary until his retirement from work. Nathaniel Jr is preceded in death by his parents Nathaniel Woods, Sr. and Sylvia Waterman, wife Evelyn Gordon, brothers Joe Woods, Archie Charles, Dan (Vera) Hopson, Robert Hopson and Andrew Shirill and sister Sylvia Bee Hopson. He leaves to cherish his memory daughter, Robin Jackson; sons: Terry Woods, Jimmy Woods (Sherri), Clifford Woods, Lindsey Woods Other children he helped raise: Edward Gordon, Gloria Garrett, John Edward Jr., Johnathan Edwards; sisters Barbara Chatman, Rosemary Sullivan (Robert), and Naomi Hopson; brothers Robert Woods, William Evans and Clarence Hopson and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and a host of loving family and friends.