Flora Minnie Brooks Woodie of Salisbury passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at Carolina's Medical Center, Charlotte. She was 84.

She was born on April 10, 1929, in Warrensville, daughter of the late Thomas Daniel Brooks and Frances Minnie Church Brooks.

She was the wife of the late Edward Hampton Woodie Jr., for 55 years and retired from W.G Hefner VA Medical Center.

She took pride in her flower and vegetable garden. She will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She showed kindness and generosity to everyone she knew.

Preceding her in death were her brothers: Garney, Millard, Arden, Harley, Sheridan, Earl and Ray Brooks; and sister, Ina Bell Roten.

She is survived by her seven children: Edward and Billy Woodie of Salisbury, Marshall Woodie of Nashville, Tenn.; Darlene Duckett of Cowpens, S.C., Joyce Hartman, Kathy Earnhardt and Merinda Ellenburg of Salisbury; brother, Wade Brooks of Fleetwood; sisters, Ethel Barker and Dempsey Phillips of Oxford, Pa., and Osalea Pennington of Warrensville. She was the grandmother of 20 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

A funeral service was held on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at Summersett Memorial Chapel, officiated by Rev. Joel Hiatt. A graveside service followed at the U.S National Cemetery, 501 Statesville Blvd, Salisbury.

Memorials may be made to the , www.kidney.org .

Arrangements by Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury. www.summersettfuneralhome.com