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INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

First Published in 1994

INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA

TerryRude-1

The 16"‘ Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, Sons of Confederate Veterans, has owned and operated the Museum and Library of Confederate History at 15 Boyce Avenue in Greenville since 1996. From time to time the Museum chooses to honor certain members of its Board of Directors who have rendered outstanding service and distinguished themselves in dedication to the Museum and to the Confederate Cause.

This past Monday the Board of the Museum honored it's Chaplin, ]ohn Woods. Several members of the Board attended the monthly meeting of the Moses T. Fowler Camp #1721 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Fountain Inn last Monday evening and presented Chaplain Woods with a very attractive, framed Certificate of Appreciation.

The Board attempted to present the honor at the annual Lee-Iackson Banquet in Greenville last Saturday. The Banquet was most appropriate for this event since Lee and Iackson were models for the type of service that Chaplin Woods has performed. Former President Eisenhower in a response to the question why he displayed a portrait of Robert E. Lee on his White-House office wall remarked that Lee “through all his many trials remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his belief in God."

General Iackson was likewise unshakable in his faith in God and a model in his attempts to get the Gospel to his Confederate soldiers. Both of these great Southern leaders were born in ]anuary, and the celebration of its Lee-lackson Banquet gave the 16th Regiment the opportunity to acknowledge that Chaplin Woods has followed the example of these men in his leadership as Chaplin and in his orthodox Christian testimony. Like Lee and Jackson, he has constantly exhibited a humble Christ-like spirit and personal faith in Christ as his Lord and Savior.

Unfortunately, Chaplin Woods's physical condition forced him to leave the banquet just minutes before the presentation of the award, motivating the Museum to present it at Chaplin Woods's home SCV camp, the Moses T. Fowler Camp #1721. Chaplin Woods and his wife Loretta were there to receive the award presented by Dr. Terry Lee Rude, Chairman of the Museum's Board. Chaplin Woods was supported by Russell Smith, a member of the 16th Regiment Color guard, and by several of his fellow board members. His physical condition has made it impossible to continue serving as Chapin, and the Board will greatly miss his prayers, his presence and his wonderful Christian spirit.