Mr. Howard Woods, 50, of Elizabethtown, KY died on February 25, 2022 at Baptist Health Hardin.

Mr. Woods was a native of Fort Knox, KY and the son of the late Joseph Woods and Barbara Woods Phillips. He was a member of Embry Chapel AME Church where he served as their drummer. He worked in maintenance at Fort Knox.

Howard was a gifted sound technician and percussionist having played for Shirley Caesar at the age of three. He was the drumline leader for his high school band and served as drummer for The Peacemakers quartet, as well as, with the Gospel Music Workshop of America.

Survivors include his mother, Barbara Woods Phillips (Ulmer) of Leesville, LA; two brothers, Kenneth Woods of Baltimore, MD and Joseph (Woody) Woods, III of Leesville, LA; two sisters, Vera Underwood of Leesville, LA and Joyce Woods of Bedford, MA; four stepbrothers, Robert Gaines (Denise), Jeffery Phillips (Angela), Terry Phillips (Maxine), Tony Phillips, one step-sister, Vickie Neal (Wendell); one nephew, Leonard Underwood of Muldraugh, KY, one neice, Alexa Harris of Arlington, VA and his beloved dog, Precious.

Memorial service will be 12:00 pm Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Embry Chapel AME Church with Rev. Stephanie Raglin officiating.

Visitation will be from 11:00 am to 12 noon also at Embry Chapel AME Church