Mr. James Thomas "Jim" Woodson, 72, of McKenzie, Tennessee passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital.

Funeral services will be on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 12:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Marlowe Cemetery in Fruitvale, Tennessee.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Madison Academy Alumni Association in Jim's name.

Madison Academy Alumni Association donations page:

http://www. madisonacademy.com/2019/10/21/ in-memory-james-jim-thomas- woodson-1947-2019/

Pallbearers who will serve are Thomas Woodson, Zachary Woodson, Joshua "J.J." Woodson, Jeffrey Mathews, Brandon Bennett, and Jimmy Woodson.

The family will receive friends in the Cherrywood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Monday from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M and on Tuesday from 10:00 A.M. until time of service.

Mr. Woodson was born June 20, 1947, in Alamo, Tennessee, to James Thomas Woodson Sr. and Elizabeth Burrow Woodson. He served in the Army and was a co-owner and manager of a local insurance agency.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Rita Woodson, two daughters, Jennifer Smith (Terry) of Murfreesboro, and Kathy Higgins of Woodbury, four sons, Thomas Woodson (Keri) of McKenzie, Zachary Woodson (Alla) of Chicago, Illinois, Joshua "J.J." Woodson (Katie), of Paducah, Kentucky, and Jeff Mathews (Kay) of Lascassas, Tennessee, two sisters, Trannie Woodson-Ball of Greenfield, and Ruth Kelly of Cedar Grove, one brother, Dwayne Woodson, of McKenzie, fifteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.