Thomas Hunter Woodfin

Thomas H. (Tommy) Woodfin, 80, of Corinth, MS passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2017 at North Miss. Medical Center in Tupelo. A Funeral service will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 12:30 until service time. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Assoc., 225 N Michigan Ave, FL 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633 or alz.org. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is honored to be entrusted with the service arrangements.

Tommy Woodfin was born in Macon, MS on September 17, 1937 to the late James Edward and Mamie Evelyn Hunter Woodfin. He was a graduate of Macon High School and on January 1, 1956 he married the love of his life, Bobbie Davis. He loved music, and so he attended the University of Southern Mississippi and graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.S. Degree in Music Education and a Master’s Degree in Administration. He taught at Noxubee County High School and served as Band Director there for his first 21 years and later served as principal. He spent thirty six years as an educator and administrator. He was the music director at Shuqualak Baptist and First Baptist in Macon during his time in Noxubee County. Tommy was a memberand served as deacon of First Baptist Church of Corinth, MS. He liked hunting, fishing, camping, traveling, and wood-working, but his favorite past-time was spending time with his family, and that’s how he spent his retirement years. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents, and grandson Steve Briggs.

Tommy Woodfin is survived by his loving wife: Bobbie D. Woodfin of Corinth, MS; his two daughters: Jan Patterson of Counce, TN and Lisa Spencer of Corinth, MS and by his son: Dave Woodfin of Kosciusko, MS. He also leave to mourn him his sister: Doris Pearson of Starkville, MS and his brother: Jimmy Woodfin of Scooba, MS as well as his grandchildren: Brian Briggs, Hunter Maddox, Luke Maddox, Molly Grace Spencer, Taylor Woodfin and Anna Claire Woodfin and his two great-grandchildren: Colby Briggs and Haley Briggs.