San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-16
D. ]. WOODWARD
CLAIMED by
REAPER
Business Man Suffers Re-
lapse and Dies at
Hospital.

DaVld u. NoOuWdru, u, uieu sun
denly at n local hospital Monday
morning at 8 80 o'clock. He had a
heart attack week ago and was taken
to the hospital where he was thought
to be recovering. Sunday afternoon
he laughed and talked with members
of his family and as late as s o'clock
Sunday night he told his old friend,
L. ]. Hart, that he was getting on
fine and expected to be up in few
days. When the nurse heard him
gasping for breath at the early morn-
ing hour, she Immediately called his
physician, but death came before the
doctor could reach him.
Mr.. Woodward was born Mav %,
1864, at Benela, Miss, but with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Wood
ward, moved TO Anderson county,
Texas. in 1867. He came to San
Antonio when he was still a very
young man. His education was Sc
cured in San Marcos and San An
tonic.
KNOWN AS DAVE
Mr.. Woodward was known to
thousands as "Dave" and is said
to have had more people calling him
by his first name than any other
man in the state. For years he was
in the cattle business and later he
founded the Woodward Carriage
company, which for years was one
of the large business concerns of this
city. He was one of the hardest
workers in all civic welfare move
ments and was among the few men
who started the movement for widen
ing Commerce street and fought it
through to the finish.
he gave largely of his time and
money to public welfare. His farm
ing and ranching interests were ex-
tensive and was the founder of the
town Of Woodward in La Sale
county. He was always a great friend
of the farmer and ranchman and was
among the men who sought to develop
diversified farming. He was for some
time director of the. Federal Land
Bank at Houston, and in that capac-
ity he did the farmers of the state
great service, his friends say, because
he knew their problems and knew
best how to remedy them.
DRAFT BOARD MEMBER.
During the World War Mr.. Wood
ward was member of the draft board
in San Antonio. He assisted in the
building Of the San Antonio, Uvalde
Up Gulf railroad and for a number of
years was on the board of directors
of the road; was the founder of the
Woodward Body works at Austin,
president of the Jerden Marble Noun
tain company at Alpine, and of the
Woodwar dVichy Water company, as
well as being interested in many other
enterprises. He was owner of the
famous Maroma ranch and other lands
in Old Mexico and at the time of his
death was devoting practically all of
his time to these interests. He was
member of the Old Trail Drivers as
.sociation and whenever his old friends
came 10 San Antonio they made his
office a stopping place. Many of the
best known business men in San An
tonic. in paying tribute to his men,
DRY, said Monday that no other man
in the history of San Antonio ever
scattered so much sunshine in the
lives of others as Dave Woodward.
FUNERAL TUESDAY.
Mr.. Woodward was a member of
the Episcopal church and of the
Alamo Lodge No. A, Knight Temp
lar. a 32nd degree Scottish Rite
Mason and Shriner He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. d. J. Woodward;
one daughter, Mrs. Charles r. Tips
and two sons. Raymond c. and ID. J.
Jr., of this city. He is also survived
by his mother, Mrs. S. ]. Woodward,
a sister, Mrs. b. NJ. Anderson of
Knoxville, Tenn, and brother, Sam
Woodward Of San Antonio.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but the funeral will be
held from the family home, 1717 San
Pedro avenue, some time Tuesday aft
ernoon and will be under the auspices
of the Masonic lodge.