Woodham Family Memorials

Sponsored by the Woodham Family Association

This section of our website is devoted to memorials in honor of lost Woodham family loved ones. Members of the Family Club may post a memorial to their parents, spouse, grandparents, ancestors or other loved one here. The memorial may include a photo, poem, personal memories, information about the person (when and where born, died, etc.)

If you would like to honor the memory of a deceased Woodham family relative, all you have to do is send us info on the relative and we will be glad to honor them with a memorial on this site.

To include a photo, you can scan it and send it as an attachment to your email. If you do not have access to a scanner, you can send the photo and info through regular mail and our editor will scan them for you. If you do not have an extra copy that we can keep in the Family Library, we will return the original to you; please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

There is no cost for Association members to post a memorial to a relative on this site.

Write or email us:

Woodham Family Association
3120 6th Ave.
Columbus, Georgia 31904

In Memory of

Rufus Woodham
1920 - 1944

Rufus Woodham was born 29 Jan 1920 near Newville, Henry Co., Al., son of John Wesley Woodham and Lillie Mae Sanders. He was a grandson of Ira Edward Woodham and Millie Ann Enfinger and great grandson of Edward Christopher ("C. C.") Woodham and Joanna ("Jody") Riley. At age 6, he moved with his family to a farm just outside of the little town of Iron City, Seminole County, Ga., which his daddy bought. Rufus attended a little one-room, one-teacher eighth grade school down the road from which he graduated. He married Norma Turnage and they had one son, our Woodham Family Historian and Editor, Robert Earl Woodham.

Rufus later bought a farm just north of Donalsonville, in Miller County, where he and Norma farmed. Their home became a popular gathering place for neighbors and friends and was the site of frequent community square dances. They entered a federal government program to raise chickens for the military during World War II but lost 10,000 young chicks in a freak late freeze.

Rufus entered the US Army in Feb 1944. After basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida, he became a private in the 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Division and was sent to northern Italy. He was killed in action north of Florence, Italy 18 Sep 1944 against the Nazis. He was struck by a Nazi artillery shell. A memorial stone was erected for him at the American Cemetery in Florence, Italy. He was posthumously awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Bronze Star (above). A memorial stone has also been erected for him at the Woodham Family Cemetery near Newton, Alabama.

A memorial by his son: Robert Earl Woodham


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23 Apr 2000