Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-10
USEFUL CITI1EN' IS
 INFLUENZA VICTIM
Minor Q. Woodward, Manager of Pine Bluff Company, and Highly Els. teemed Citizen Died Sunday.

Influenza exacted an awful toll of 1 Pine Bluff when the epidemic took
 from this city Minor o. Woodward | last Sunday. He had been i'll for some
 time, and his condition showed in- provement at intervals, and it was 1 then his numerous friends gathered hope that he would long be spared to continue his active and useful life.
 But he was wanted by the great archi- tect for a brighter world, and God called his spirit home Sunday morn ing.
 It is not rare when municipalitis are bereaved by the loss of some dis tinguished and useful citizen, whose years are advanced, but few have lost one so young, yet so universally popu- lar; one who at such an early age in his industrial life had gained such eminence in the affairs of life; there fore Pine Bluff stands almost without precedent in her bereavement over the loss of this bright and useful young man, who alone by his inherent worth had reached a place in the in- dustrial world that few have attained at their allotted three scores and ten.
 Commencing with the Pine Bluff Company at the age of 16 as lineman Minor Woodward at the age of 27 was occupying the highest position of that company. having through stage of promotions reached the position of manager His career exemplifies what close application will do. It was not his idea to simply hold his job, but to make himself indispensable to his employers. He looked ahead, and realized that those who were efficient would hold the higher positions and life, and to this end qualified himself by study and attention to the details of the business that he might be able to fill any position of his chosen oc- cupation. Possessing that fundamental knowledge of his work, and supple mented by his study of electrical en- gineering his goal was reached and his employers were not slowain recog- nizing his merit, and at the age when most young men have only started in their life work, Minor Woodward was the manager of the company for which he started to work only eleven years ago as an ordinary lineman. His ad- vancement was due solely to merit, for he was without influential pull or wealthy packers. The positions he oc- cupied he honestly won and deserved.
 Educated in Pine Bluff.
 Born in Jackson, Tenn, September 27, 1891. and coming to Pine Bluff in early youth, he can truly be classed as one of our own. He was educated in Pine Bluffs schools or so much as he was enabled to receive, as he com- menced his industrial career at the age of 16 when he took employment as as lineman with the then Pine Bluff Water and Light Company. But he was not an ordinary lineman long for captains of industry are always look ing for the Minor WOOdwards of the world, and he was soon found. His knowledge of the business, gained by his application and study of electri- city, soon marked him as one above the ordinary. His promotions came thick and fast until he was appointed assistant manager and claim agent, which position he held until May 1, 1917, when at the reorganization of the company B. c. Fowles resigned as manager and Minor Woodward was appointed to the position, which he filled successfully until his death ] Sunday. ] But his usefulness was not confin- ed to his company alone. True, this was his chosen profession and life work, but he found time to devote his activities and splendid business tal- ents to civic enterprise of his home town, being valued and leading member of both the Chamber of Com merce and the Rotary club, in which l bodies he was recognized as a lead ing spirit.
 Besides his worth to the business and civic circles of the town. his was nature who gathered about him warm and true friends. These were confined to no particular class, for the most humble employe in his company called him friend, and truly he was. This attachment by the employees of the Pine Bluff company was illustrat- ed by the manifestations of grief of each and every employe of the con- pany who viewed his remains as his body lay cold in death at the Holder ness chapel, in common with many other friends and admirers of de- ceased, previous to the funeral yester- l day.
 i As a mark of respect the street cars of the city were stopped for five minutes at o'clock yesterday after noon, the hour of the funeral. The of { fees of the Pine Bluff Company, and those of the Arkansas Light & Power i Company remained closed through out the day.
 In the death of Minor Woodward his company has lost valuable exe- cutiye officer, one whose place will be hard to fill; Pine Bluff has lost a young, and efficient citizen, who in a 1 few short years has demonstrated his fitness for the highest walks of citi- zenship; his family has been deprived of the love and affection of a devoted son, husband and father. To these the Graphic extends it's sincere condolence and especially to his bereaved widow, who at the time of her husbands de- mise was stricken with the disease, and her condition was SO critical tho