Woodrum, Hobert G.

Passed: 1987-09-15

Age: 65

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 1987-09-17

Obituary Date:

Information: Hobert G. Woodrum, 65, of South Charleston, died Sept. 15, 1987, in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness. He was chief of environmental analysis for the state Department of Natural Resources.  He had been associated with watershed projects in Jackson County.  He attended Berea College, Berea, Ky.  He graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in forestry.  He was a former resident of Hinton, and a veteran of World War II.  He wrote the surface mining task force report from which the present West Virginia Surface Mining Act was prepared.  He was a member of Izaak Walton League of America, and a member of the state Conservation Education Council.  Surviving:  wife, Yvonne Carol Wiseman Woodrum; daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Yost of Arlington, Va., Mrs. Vivian Tennant of Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Susan Clary of Polaski, Ohio, Mrs. Marian Trueblood of Terre Haute, Ind., Miss Darrance Woodrum of Charleston; son, Robert Woodrum of Charlotte, N.C.; stepson, David Hancock of Cross Lanes; brother, Dr. Jack Woodrum of Hinton; 11 grandchildren.  Service was Thursday at Fifth Avenue Church of God, South Charleston, with the Rev. Joseph Blair officiating.  Graveside service was in Woodrum Town Cemetery, Hinton.