Ray Woodard

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RET. SGM. RAY H. WOODARD, 52 OF KEMPNER WILL BE HELD THURSDAY 10:00A.M., MAY 13, 2010 AT HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER JAMES ROBERTSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT 12P.M., FOLLOWING THE SERVICE AT CENTRAL TEXAS STATE VETRERANS CEMETERY IN KILLEEN WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS. VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 FROM 6-8P.M., WITH A ROSARY AT 7:00P.M. AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME. MR. WOODARD PASSED AWAY MAY 10, IN TEMPLE. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1958 IN DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE UNION OF HENRY WOODARD AND BETTY LOU HYATT WOODARD. HE MARRIED ESPERANZA MARTINEZ TRAINO ON JUNE 16, 2001 IN KILLEEN, TEXAS THEY WERE MARRIED� 8 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. HE WAS A 5TH GRADE TEACHER FOR CLEMENTS-PARSONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN COPPERAS COVE. HE WAS A E.A.A. MEMBER, A MEMBER OF SONEX BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, A COACH FOR THE BANDITS BASEBALL TRAVELING TEAM. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND HIS MEDALS INCLUDE: MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL (4TH AWARD) , ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL(5TH AWARD), ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL (6TH AWARD), GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, (8TH AWARD), NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL (2ND AWARD), SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STAR (BSS), KOREA DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBON WITH NUMERAL 4, ARMY SERVICE RIBBON, OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON (2ND AWARD), KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL (K), (SA), EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP QUALIFICATION BADGE WITH RIFLE BAR, EXPERT MARKSMANSHIP QUALIFICATION BADGE WITH GRENADE BAR, EXPERT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PARACHUTIST BADGE, DRIVER AND MECHANIC BADGE WITH DRIVER-W BAR AND EGYPTIAN PARACHTIST BADGE. LOVING FAMILY WIFE, ESPERANZA TRAINO WOODARD OF KEMPNER, TEXAS SON, GERALD TRAINO OF KEMPNER, TEXAS SON, JOSEPH TRAINO OF KEMPNER, TEXAS SISTER, BETTY LOU AND HUSBAND GENE KIDD OF FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA BROTHER, ALLEN AND WIFE ARLENE WOODARD OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA BROTHER, FRANKLIN AND WIFE FAITH WOODARD OF DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA FATHER, HENRY WOODARD OF DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, BETTY LOU WOODARD.