Billy O. Woods passed away December 29th, 2023 at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga with family beside him.  Billy was born in Murray County, Ga. and raised in Dalton, Ga.  He graduated from Dalton High School in 1958 and joined the U. S. Navy, serving 8 years. He spent the rest of his years working in construction including road construction, commercial construction and residential construction. He retired from Gene Rogers Construction in Dalton, Ga in 2010.

Billy loved life, the Lord, and his precious family and friends.  He was an active member of Chatsworth First Methodist Church until his illness prohibited it. Over the years he was a volunteer at pancake breakfast fundraisers for the Chatsworth First Methodist Church Men's Club, The Boy Scouts, and the Murray County Humane Society.  Fort Mountain and Fort Mountain State Park was a special place to him.  He joined the Friends of Fort Mountain state organization and served as long as his health would allow, helping with projects done by the Friends of Fort Mountain group to improve the Park. Billy enjoyed traveling with family and friends.  He loved trips to Canada fishing, Arkansas duck hunting and camping all over the U.S.  His favorite thing to do was sit around a camp fire with family and friends.

Billy was preceded in death by his father, Floyd Alden Woods of Dalton, his mother Linnie May Taylor Woods of Dalton, his brother Laroy "Pete" Woods of Cohutta and sister-in-law Linda Cook Woods of Cohutta. He is survived by his loving wife Ruth Peeples Woods of Chatsworth, his son and daughter-in-law Alan L. Woods and Mendy Cook Woods of Dalton, his son and daughter-in-law Brian T. Woods and Holly Headrick Woods of Chatsworth, his adored grandchildren Emma Kate Woods, Alden Cook Woods, and Elizabeth "Izzie" Ruth Woods of Dalton, and Lauren Berkley and Aniston Landry Woods of Chatsworth, his sisters Carol Hardin of Dalton and Anna Young of Rossville, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law Carlton Peeples and Betty Peeples of Blairsville, Tom and Cindy Peeples of Chatsworth, and Luther "Luke" Colbert of Hixson, TN.  He is also survived by his much-loved cousins, nieces and nephews.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Billy O. Woods will be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Chatsworth First Methodist Church with Rev. Graham Arp officiating. Interment will follow at West Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Chatsworth First Methodist Church: PO Box 152, Chatsworth, GA 30705.

Peeples Funeral Home & Crematory of Chatsworth has been entrusted with the arrangements for Billy O. Woods.