William "Bill" Woodside

William David “Bill” Woodside, Sr. went home to Jesus at 3:30 pm on Sunday, December 17, 2023. Services will be held at Evergreen Baptist Church on Friday, December 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. with Dr. James Orrick and Rev. Dylan Quinn officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at Evergreen Baptist Church from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Bill was born July 17, 1934 in Lexington, Kentucky to John Miles and Flossie Hall Woodside. The family moved to Frankfort when he was a baby, and he lived here most of his life, 89 years and 5 months. Bill attended Elkhorn School and then went to work for Wheeler Cagle service station. After spending some time with Kroger, Corning Glass, and the Newspaper Corp, Bill began working for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, where after 33 years he retired from the Department of Transportation, Service & Supply in 1996. He married Martha Ann Durbin on September 11, 1954 in Harrodsburg, KY. Along with his bride of 69 years, he is survived by their five children William “Billy” Woodside (Kathy Conway), Richard “Rick” Woodside (Diana), Leslee Dawn Harrod (Dan), Victoria “Vicki” Cook (Todd), and Michael Woodside. Bill is also survived by his grandchildren, Rick Woodside (Lexington), Tim Harrod, Chris Harrod, Margaret “Maggi” Harrod (Jacob Stapleton), all of Lawrenceburg, and two great grandchildren, his best buddy Miles Harrod and Alison Stapleton; along with two special sons Bill and Bobby Stone, and many bonus grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Along with his parents, Bill was preceded in death by his brothers Eugene “Gene” and Richard “Woody” Woodside, and his sisters Beatrice “Bea” Blankenship and Patricia Jones. Bill coached pee-wee and minor league baseball for the Frankfort Recreation Department and was at every Pop Warner game the Green Team played. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, and enjoyed University of Louisville basketball, except when they were playing Kentucky. Bill loved to travel and visited 46 states of the US. He was known to take the back roads and was never lost, even if he didn’t know where the road, he was on led. He loved fishing with special friends Don Tyson and Joe Rogers, and made memorable fishing trips to Florida, Texas, and Alabama with his sons and friends. These trips inspired legendary stories of honey holes and the ones that got away. Bill was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church in Frankfort and will be remembered fondly for being a loving and loyal husband, wonderful father and papaw, and a good friend to so many. His kindness and big heart were as legendary as his stories and fishing tales. Serving as pallbearers will be Rick Woodside, Tim Harrod, Jason Woodside, Brian Durbin, Jonathan Scott, and Brad Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Chris Harrod, David Blankenship, Jeremy Scott, and the Deacons of Evergreen Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Evergreen Baptist Church Scholarship Fund or Graefenburg Baptist Church Youth Ministries. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home & Crematory.

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William "Bill" Woodside

July 17, 1934 - December 17, 2023