Emmett Woods Jr., was born May 29, 1959 in Palatka, Florida to Emmett Sr. and Myrtle Harris-Woods. He attended and/or graduated Morganville, Howell, Freehold and Lakewood, NJ school systems. Emmett entered the US Navy in 1979 and served as a Communications Crypto Radioman Senior and contributed to the Post Vietnam Era Veterans Education Program. He met and married Maudrie Henderson of Millhurst, NJ and worked various labor intense jobs.
Emmett owned an extremely quiet introvert personality, but was a force to be reckoned with. He carried a very intense demeanor. His talents consisted of football, wrestling, singing and among the top in the field an immaculate drummer.
He is predeceased by his wife Maudrie, parents Emmett Woods Sr. and Myrtle Green, grandparents Willie Mose and Beulah Harris, a sister Kathy D. Woods and a stepbrother Clifford Brown.
He leaves to mourn two sisters Dorothy Craddox, Neptune City, NJ and Barbara Woods Atlanta, GA; 3 brothers Leonard Woods Brick, NJ, Lindsey Woods Lakewood, NJ and Christopher Green (Sherelle) Duluth, GA; siblings Dedra Smith Bullock, David Smith, Tanisha Davis, Denise Davis and Emmett Woods III of Wyandanch, NY; stepsister Rose Kelly Freehold, NJ; stepbrother Alex Kelly Lakewood, NJ; 22 nieces and nephews, 13 great nieces and nephews, 4 aunts, 4 uncles and a host of relatives, friends and associates.
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