Delma Mae Woodard, of Chesterfield, went peacefully home with the Lord on Saturday, June 14, 2025, while surrounded by her loving family.
Delma was born on July 15, 1924, in Albemarle County, to Leonard Mitchell Shifflett and Clara Morris Shifflett.
Delma graduated from Grace Hospital Nursing School and went on to carry an amazing career in caring for others where she met her loving husband, William E. Woodard. Delma loved her family, gardening, painting, antiquing, horses, chocolate, and buying cookbooks, reading them for hours and then still couldn’t cook a lick.
Delma was preceded in death by her husband, William Eugene Woodard; parents, Leonard and Clara Shiflett; sisters, Elenor Stalnaker, Odessa Knighting; and brothers, Clarence Shiflett, and Junior Shiflett.
Delma is survived by her sons, William “Mike” E. Woodard Jr. (Linda), Curtis Dale Woodard (Debbie), and Edward Lee Woodard (Betty); sister, Kaylene S. Gimbert (Shannon); and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family will receive guests from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with Delma’s funeral service to follow at 12:30 pm on Saturday, June 21 at Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, 6500 Iron Bridge Road, N. Chesterfield. Interment will follow at Dale Memorial Park.
The family would like to give a special thanks to St. Francis Medical Center and Amedisys Hospice for all of their dedicated and compassionate care they provided. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her name to the Sea Turtle Conservation on Jekyll Island, Ga. https://
