Obituary of Terry Ray Wooden

Terry Ray Wooden, age 70, of Pikeville, Tn, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 14 at the UT Medical Center in Knoxville. As everyone knew, he was a man who loved and served the Lord with all his heart and soul. And, he loved everyone he met (and he made sure to meet everyone he came in contact with!). If you had ever met him, you were sure to remember him! And if you knew him, it’s certain you have memories of him helping you in some way. He loved his family, he loved the Lord, and he loved working with his hands and keeping busy. He also thoroughly seemed to love messing with people and laughing and cutting up with them! He was a member of New Martin Church of God where he was a Sunday school teacher. He was a mechanic by profession, and a former wrecker driver/welder/carpenter, and many other skills/trades as needed. He was a jack of all trades, and could do so many things, if his family or others needed it. He was also very good at supervising others! He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Dee and Zola Wooden of Pikeville, Tn; two sisters, Barbara Faye and Mildred Diane Wooden, and nephew, Luke Lee. He is survived by his loving wife, Janice Wooden; two sons and daughters-in-law, Barry and Tera Wooden and Aaron and Amy Wooden; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Dakota Wooden and DeAna Thurman, and his daughter, Scarlett Rae Wooden, Wyatt Wooden, Dalton Wooden and Chelsey Presley, Kellee and Jason Songer and their son, Jackson, Kyle Wooden, and Tyrell Richardson, all of Pikeville, Tn; sisters and brothers-in-law, Bernice and Frank Anderson (Elizabethtown, Ky), Kathy and Monte Lee (Pikeville, Tn), Margaret and Dwight Lewis (Dunlap, Tn), Teresa and Jay Minnick (Greenville, Tn) and Joyce and Carson Camp (Dunlap, Tn); two brothers and sisters-in-law, Roger and Shirl Wooden, and Rick Wooden and Sue Atkinson, all of Pikeville Tn. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews, friends and other family, as well as a pastor, Andy Smith, who he loved as a son, and a special little buddy, Hunter Smith. He will be missed immensely. But he will also sit in Heaven waiting for us to meet him there. His words of advice to you today (as we all know he loved to give!), would be to get ourselves right with God today and stay on the path that leads us to him and Jesus someday soon. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. CDT at New Martin Church of God. Burial will be in Blankenship Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at reedfamilyfh.com. Arrangements are by Putnam-Reed Funeral Home, 1171 Main Street, Pikeville, TN. Visitation will be Saturday, May 16 from 12:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. CDT and Sunday, May 17, 2020 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at New Martin Church of God. As a reminder, this is the first visitation since the restrictions have been lifted. Please limit your visitation time and follow social distancing guidelines.