Sammie John Woods

1919 - 1953  (34 years)

• Name	Sammie John Woods  [1, 2]
  Born	13 May 1919	Clay County, Alabama   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Bef 1941  [1]
  	in the Coast Guard
  	when he as drafted into the Army.
  Military Discharge	Aug 1945  [1]
  	Spent 34 months of WWII in the Pacific in Australia, New Guinea and the Phillipines,
  Name	Sam Woods  [3]
  Social Security Number	420-05-5283  [1]
  Died	23 Sep 1953	Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama   [1, 2]
  	Cause: injuries sustained in a train accident at Childersburg
  Buried	Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, Clay, Alabama   [1, 2]
  		Woods → Sammie John
  Person ID	I2383	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Samual Waites Woods,   b. 1872, Alabama ,   d. 27 Dec 1949, Section, Jackson, Alabama  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Calara Bell Carr,   b. Apr 1879, Alabama ,   d. 1962, Alabama  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Family ID	F788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Minni Lee Canada,   b. 13 Aug 1920, Hill Place, Talladega County, Alabama ,   d. 19 May 1984, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama  (Age 63 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1941	Talladega County, Alabama   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Alan Woods,   b. 11 Aug 1946, Talladega Hospital, Talladega, Alabama ,   d. 3 Apr 2019, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama  (Age 72 years) + 2. Jimmy Waites Woods,   b. 3 Sep 1948,   d. 20 Dec 2002, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2004
  Family ID	F787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Attended school at Millerville and Ashland High Schools. Was in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Began working for the Southern Railrod on September 3, 1945. Took a one year leave of absence from the railroad and attended Birmingham Business College. During the leave of absence, he work as a clerk for Tennessee Coal and Iron. He was promoted to Conducter with Southern Railroad in 1951. He died as the result of injuries sustained in a derailment at Childersburg, Alabama on September 23, 1951.  He and his Brother-in-Law John W. Canada were riding an empty pulpwood railcar when it derailed.  John died instantly but Sam died in the Sylacauga hospital some hours later.  There is spectulation that Sam did not die from inijuries but due to medication that he was allegic to. Was living at Childersburg at the time of his death. Sam had a tendency to drink alcohol rather heavily when he was with his brother Hoyt.  On those ocassions he was sometimes away from home for an entire weekend.  However, when he was not drinking he was a very good individual. Uncle Pat – 2002

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Sammie John Woods" (accessed January 18, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2383&tree=Legends.