Patricia Ann Woodruff, 79 of Ellisville passed away Friday, November 17, 2023, at Memorial Hospital System Gulfport in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was born Wednesday, August 2, 1944, in Toxie, Alabama.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, from 9:00AM until 11:00AM at Ellisville Funeral Home in 1204 B Ave, Ellisville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 11:00AM at Ellisville Funeral Home with burial to follow in Ellisville City Cemetery in Ellisville, Mississippi. Bro. Greg Spencer will officiate. Ellisville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 601-477-3797.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Woodruff, Jr.; parents, Willis Earl, Jr. and Opal Mae Price Dabbs.

Survivors include her son, Clyde Dabbs Woodruff (Mary); daughters, Dr. Mary Patrice Dukes (Darren) and Amanda Leigh Woodruff; grandchildren, Mary Virginia Woodruff, Rebecca Leigh Woodruff, Laura Dabbs Woodruff, Daniel Walker Dukes, Mark Andrew Dukes, and Mary Ann Dukes; sisters, Mary Betsy Porter (Harl) and Opal Earline Hull (Phil); brother-in-law, Kenneth A. Woodruff (Marie); sister-in-law, Sarah Elizabeth Lloyd.

Pallbearers will be Mark Andrew Dukes, Daniel Walker Dukes, Robert Hull, Richard Follis, Ethan Davis, and Nolan Graves.

Mrs. Woodruff always put her family first. She was a stay-at-home mother and wife until returning to school at Jones County Junior College.  After graduation, she did clerical work for the MS Department of Rehabilitation for the Blind.  Her kindness and compassion for others benefitted many people in the cities where she and her husband, who was in the mental health profession, made their home.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ellisville.  She supported the local library and was involved in numerous civic organizations such as Ellisville Garden Club and Fidelia Club. Operation Christmas Child was her favorite charity.

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