Memorials › Dallas Wilburn Woods
10 Dec 1932 – 16 Feb 2023
| Birth | 10 Dec 1932 |
| Death | 16 Feb 2023 |
| Cemetery | Lakewood Memorial Park Henderson , Rusk County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | KD Burleson on 17 Feb 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249542601 |
Dallas W. Woods was born December 10, 1932, in Big Spring, Texas. After graduating from high school in Big Spring, he served four years in the United States Navy. He attended Texas Tech University, earning a BBA degree in accounting in 1957. After working for the Air Force and the Internal Revenue Service for several years, Dallas moved to Lamesa in 1963 and was a partner in the C.P.A. firm of Wilton, Woods, and Coffey until beginning his banking career in 1970, joining the First National Bank of Lamesa as trust officer and internal auditor. He attended the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University, completing the Trust Major in 1972. He later attended the National School of Bank Investments. Dallas was promoted to Vice President and Trust Officer in 1972 and became Executive Vice President and Trust Officer and was elected to the Board of Directors in 1978. Dallas has been active in community activities, serving as President of the Chamber of Commerce, Lamesa Rotary Club, and the United Fund. He served as President of the Dawson County Senior Citizen Board of Directors, a director of the Baptist Memorial Geriatrics Hospital at San Angelo, as director of the Lamesa Industrial Foundation, and Deacon at First Baptist Church. After the move to Henderson in 1988, Dallas was employed with Texas Bank where he served from November, 1988 until December, 1995, retiring as Vice President. He was also active with the Henderson Rotary Club and served on the Board of Directors and as President for the Disciples Homes of Northeast Texas, Inc., now the Chalice Apartments. Mr. Woods was a long-time, active member of First Baptist Church, and he was a devoted family man and enjoyed the annual family reunion in West Texas. He was preceded in death by his father A.L. Woods, mother and step-father Mildred and Bill Petrofsky, wife of 67 years Dorothy Woods, and sisters LaFaye Hudson and husband Bobby and Valena Allen.
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