Mrs. Patricia Woods

Mrs. Patricia Diane Collins Woods, age 73, of Lyons, died on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at The Oaks Bethany in Vidalia following an extended illness.

Mrs. Woods was born in Amarillo, TX, to the late Jack Dillard Collins and Phyllis Marie Gregg Collins. As a child, the family moved to Akron, OH, and she graduated in 1970 from Cuyahoga Falls High School and soon after graduated from cosmetology school in Akron. Later, she moved to California, from there to Phoenix, AZ, and graduated from dental hygiene school. She moved to Gainesville, FL, where she lived for many years before moving to Lyons in 2007. She worked in retail at Dillard’s in Gainesville and Belk in Vidalia. She was a school bus driver for the Toombs County Board of Education. She was a member of Lyons Free Will Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband of 18 years, Jimmy Woods of Lyons; 1 stepdaughter, Dana Lanette Woods of Vidalia; 5 siblings, Janet Collins Wyscarver of Orlando, FL, Richard Collins and wife Shauna of Key Stone Heights, FL, Michael Collins of Tucson, AZ, Janice Collins Vogel of Albuquerque, NM, and Darlene Collins Givin and husband Scott of Rayleigh, NC; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held on Sunday, May 3, 2026, at 3:00 at Lyons Free Will Baptist Church with Pastor Rick Wilson officiating.

Flowers are accepted, or memorial donations are suggested to the Sweet Onion Animal Protection Society, P.O. Box 210, Vidalia,

GA 30475.