David Lane Woodley, age 9, of Winfield, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
Lane was a member of the Winfield First Baptist Church and a 3rd grade student at Winfield City Elementary School, Class of 2030. Lane was a ray of sunshine, lighting up every room he entered. He loved football, baseball, basketball, the Alabama Crimson Tide, country music, pickup trucks, the WWE, cowboy boots, Fortnite, the NBA and NFL, PlayStation games, playing with his friends, and most of all spending time with his family.
He is survived by his parents, David and Kallie Woodley, grandparents, Dwain and Linda Woodley, James and Jessica Garner, half-sister, Jessica Grace and her children, Justus and Jorgia, aunts and uncles, Emily and Rodney Tittle, Kimberly and Sparky Cowart, Trisha Woodley, cousins, Nic Woodley, Sara Woodley, Emma Kate Tittle, Sarah James and Ella Walker Cowart, special friends, Chris and Tracy Reese, Rivers Kleypas, Asher Posey, Becton Brown, Macon May, Hudson Hollingsworth, Jaxon Seals, Eli Upton, David, Michelle, Loreanna and Luke McKinney, Ben Mullins, Bellarose Smith, and a host of other family, classmates and friends. Lane was preceded in death by his great grandparents, R. L. and Saundria Garner, Gene and Betty Aldridge and an uncle, Rodney Woodley.
Funeral services for Lane will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. from the Winfield First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Griggs Place Cemetery. Dr. Paul Murphy and Dr. Charles Ballew will be the officiating ministers. Visitation will be on Saturday from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m. (service time) at the church.
Nic Woodley, Chris Meyers, Brennan Smith, Cody Fox, Greg Anderson, Will Aldridge, Ty Aldridge, Scott Aldridge, Anthony Aldridge and Glenn Grace will serve as active pallbearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the Winfield Elementary School 3rd grade class, Tabatha Mays, Robin Butler, Shea Dennis, Angela Wilds, Alesha Dodd, and his Winfield Park and Rec 10 and under basketball team.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the Citizens Bank of Winfield to the Winfield City Schools Alumni Association Scholarship Fund in memory of Lane Woodley. Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield serving the Woodley family.