Mr. Woodrow "Woody" Crosby, Jr.
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Mr. Woodrow Crosby Jr. of Savannah, GA,
passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010.
He succumbed, after almost 6 months of a hard fought battle, to
complications from surgery. He was the son of the late Woodrow
Crosby, Sr. and Sarah Pearl Gregory of Ellabell, GA. He worked for
the Savannah Public School System, having been principal at Pooler
Elementary, Romana Riley, Myers Middle, Jenkins High School,
Richard Arnold Adult High School, Henry Street Elementary
and Jacob G. Smith Elementary (where he started the traditional
magnet program). He also taught in Burke County and Glynn
County. He spent an additional 11 years developing the athletic
program at Rambam Day School, a project that he loved and a
community that embraced him fully. Known as a man of faith, he
was a member of St. James Catholic Church, and a fourth degree
member of the Knights of Columbus Council #5588. For the past
two years he had volunteered at Fort Pulaski. Woody and his wife
of 45 years, Thelma, had recently moved to the North Georgia
Mountains where he had joined St. Paul the Apostle Church and
the Knights of Columbus Council #12883. They were reconnecting
with old friends and planning their retirement travels.
He is survived by his wife, Thelma Gibson Crosby of Cleveland,
Ga, his three children, Marcia Crosby Larner, (wife of Daniel Larner
of Canton, MA), Woodrow (Chip) Crosby, III of Fayetteville, NC,
and Heidi Crosby Zoll, (wife of Kenneth Zoll of Grovetown, GA)
four grandchildren (Connor Sterling, Ruby Marie and Stella Pearl
Zoll and Jackson Daniel Larner), his favorite great-niece, Morgan
Murphy, his mother Sarah Pearl Gregory and his sister, Janet
Canady.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, December 31, 2010
at St. James Catholic Church with The Reverend Monsignor John
Kenneally, Celebrant.
Web posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011
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