Mr. Andrew Wooden

December 20, 1939 - August 3, 2020

You can show your support by sending flowers directly to the family by contacting Debbie's Flowers 870.633.2225 Anderson and Susie Parchman Wooden welcomed their 6th child, Andrew, on December 20, 1939 in Forrest City, AR. He departed life on August 3, 2020 in Hazen, Arkansas. Andrew accepted Christ in his early childhood and was baptized at Union M.B. Church in Haynes, AR. Andrew was educated at the Lincoln High School. He later moved to Chicago, IL where he met his special companion of 55 years: Lillie Anderson. He began his entrepreneur journey as a chef, later drove school buses, and was a master at construction work. He often said, “He had more sense than three people put together.” He was preceded in death by his parents: Anderson and Susie Parchman Wooden; brothers: Ivory Wooden, Alvin Wooden, Ruben Wooden, Lonnie Wooden, and OC Wooden. He lives to cherish his memories, his companion, Lillie Anderson of Forrest City, AR; his daughters: Yolanda Y. Johnson (Mike) of Muncie, IN and Natasha Coleman Wooden of Chicago, IL; his grandchildren: Landan Andrew Johnson, Kashmeirrie Coleman, and Queen J. Coleman; children that he cherished as his own: Marissa and Angie Coleman; one brother: George (Joyce) Wooden; sisters: Delores Cummings of Marianna, AR, Odessa Johnson of Chicago, IL; and Dorothy Kinnard of Forrest City, AR; sisters in law: Violet Wooden of Robin, IL and Fannie Wooden of San Francisco, CA; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.