Nelda Maxine Woodall

Nelda Maxine (Rush) Woodall, 82, of Calhoun, Georgia, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2026. She was born in Mobile, Alabama on March 16, 1943, to the late Quinton Rush and Mable McDonald Rush. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband Tommy Frank Woodall of 60 years, her brother Neville Rush, and sister Dianne Cottrell.

Nelda was a retired bookkeeper. Her first job was keeping books in a local business run by her dad and she continued bookkeeping until retirement age.

Nelda is survived by her sister, Sandra Covington and brother, Carl Rush (Stacey); her sons and daughters-in-law, Wendall Ray Woodall (Cheryl), Tommy Randall Woodall (Jamie); daughters and sons-in-law, Melissa Woodall Bounds (Mark), Melanie Woodall Smith (Scott); grandchildren, Brittany Woodall Jones (Stuart), Lauren Woodall Corn (Tyler), Sarah Woodall, Chris Musick (Heather), Tiffany Musick, Brandon Musick (Emily), Katie Woodall Roberts (Josh), Jordan Woodall, Madeline Woodall, Gabby Woodall, Frankie Woodall, Madison Smith Strickland (Joseph), Audrey Smith, and Caden Smith; great-grandchildren, Elisha Woodall Jones, Lilah Woodall Jones, Lucas Corn, Liam Corn, Ethan Musick, Addison Musick, Derek Musick, Raelynn Musick, Jayden Price, Emma Roberts, Addison Roberts, Hazel Strickland and another Strickland on the way.

Visitation will be on Friday, January 9, 2026, from 12 to 1PM at Sugar Valley Baptist Church, 3742 Sugar Valley Road NW, Sugar Valley, GA 30746. The funeral service will follow from 1 to 2PM with Pastor and dear friend Mitch Phillips officiating. Pallbearers are Tyler Corn, Chris Musick, Brandon Musick, Frankie Woodall, Joshua Roberts, Joseph Strickland and Caden Smith.

Burial service will be the following week on January 15, 2026, at 11am at Georgia National Cemetery, 1080 Scott Hudgens Dr., Canton, GA 30114.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to Sugar Valley Baptist Church Children’s Ministry.

The Brannon family and staff are honored to serve the family of Nelda Maxine (Rush) Woodall.