JD Haywood

Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
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334-693-2711
Date: Apr 22 2022 7:22 PM

JD Haywood, a resident of Newville, died Friday, April 22, 2022, in Wesley Place on Honeysuckle in Dothan. He was 91.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in the Union Springs Baptist Church, near Newville, with Reverend Guy Causey and Reverend Jim Cordes officiating. Graveside services, with military honors, will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Union Springs Baptist Church, 1642 County Road 73, Newville, AL 36353.

Mr. Haywood was born in Donalsonville, Georgia and was reared in Henry County, AL, son of the late Benjamin David Haywood and Bessie Lee Chandler Haywood. He enlisted in the U. S Army in 1951 and served his country during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He retired from the military in 1974 with the rank of Sergeant First Class. After retirement from the Army, he lived in Logan County, Kentucky where he was engaged in farming. Mr. Haywood moved to Newville, AL in 1994 where he was a member of the Union Springs Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a wife, Ethel Juanita Parker Haywood, a son David Anderson “Andy” Haywood, a sister, Ann Adams, and two brothers, Leo Haywood and Theo Haywood.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Ellen Greer Haywood; a daughter, Linda Thomas (Bill), Rogers, MN; a sister, Agnes Jones, Phenix City; two grandchildren, Clayton Thomas (Kate), and Cory Thomas (Lauren), a step-granddaughter, Dawn Carpenter Clements (Daniel), two great-grandchildren, Holden Thomas and Rowan Thomas, three step-great-grandchildren, Andy Clements, Katie Beth Clements and Annie-Sarah Clements.

HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371.         You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This establishment does not own a crematory.  

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