Sunday, December 10, 2017, 4:00p.m. Visitation ~ 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 9990 Lewis & Clark Blvd. • St. Louis, MO 63136

PASTOR CEDRIC PORTIS

Officiating

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Acknowledgement The family of KENDRICK ISAIAH WOODS acknowledges with sincere

appreciation for all the comforting messages, prayers, phone calls and all other expressions of kindness during our time of bereavement.

Pallbearers Family and Friends

Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free,Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free,Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free, I’m following the path God laid for me.I’m following the path God laid for me.I’m following the path God laid for me. I took his hand when I heard his call,I took his hand when I heard his call,I took his hand when I heard his call, I turned my back and left it all.I turned my back and left it all.I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,I could not stay another day,I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, to play.To laugh, to love, to work, to play.To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way,Tasks left undone must stay that way,Tasks left undone must stay that way, I’ve found that peace at the close of the day.I’ve found that peace at the close of the day.I’ve found that peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,If my parting has left a void,If my parting has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy.Then fill it with remembered joy.Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things I too will miss.Ah yes, these things I too will miss.Ah yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow,Be not burdened with times of sorrow,Be not burdened with times of sorrow, I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My Life’s been full, I savoured much,My Life’s been full, I savoured much,My Life’s been full, I savoured much, Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, Don’ lengthen it now with undue grief.Don’ lengthen it now with undue grief.Don’ lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your heart and share with me,Lift up your heart and share with me,Lift up your heart and share with me, God wanted me now, He set me free.God wanted me now, He set me free.God wanted me now, He set me free.

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“Come to me, all you who “Come to me, all you who “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,are weary and burdened,are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” and I will give you rest.” and I will give you rest.”

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IntermentIntermentInterment Monday, December 11, 2017Monday, December 11, 2017Monday, December 11, 2017

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Life Reflections Kendrick Isaiah Woods was born on September 4, 1998 in St. Louis, MO to Lisa Annette Woods and Kenneth Sanders (deceased). He was the youngest of a blended family, which includes Patrice Woods (St. Louis), Robyn Woods-Sinclair (Murfreesboro, TN) and Kenneth Sanders, Jr. (Atlanta, GA).

He departed this earth on Saturday, December 2, 2017, a victim of senseless gun violence in St. Louis.

Kendrick was a working college student. He attended St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, Clyde C. Miller Career Academy High School and graduated from Roosevelt High School in St. Louis in 2016.

Kendrick brought joy and sunshine wherever he went with that bright smile and large almond shaped eyes. He was a young man with big hopes and dreams. A typical teenager, Kendrick’s favorite things to do were eat, play video games, listen to and write music, play basketball and spend time on social media. Kendrick loved, loved his grandma’s cooking, spending time with and playing on his Xbox Game for hours upon hours with his favorite cousins who were like brothers to him, including college students Louis Cross, Nikia Robinson and Keenen Gudger; Charlie Woods and Ra’mond Joy all of Bolivar, TN.

Loving and caring, Kendrick enjoyed playing with his niece Kimani A. Sinclair and nephews Trey J. Fletcher, Jr., Khalil Sanders, and Tavares Sinclair, Jr. He took time to talk to his elders. He was passionate about his grandmothers - Rebecca Woods, Ruth Sanders, and his grandfather, Milton Woods, Jr. and great uncle, Joe Woods. He listened to the advice of his elders. He was fiercely independent and hardworking. Kendrick wanted to hold his own in this world and make his family proud, which is why he held down two jobs in between college semesters at Wing Stop and Penn Station of Northwoods, MO.

He knew and loved the Lord. He shared his love of the Lord in his music that he was writing prior to his untimely death.

Kendrick Isaiah Woods was just beginning to live his life and to know who he was as a man. The Lord has him now and he is safe in the arms of Jesus.

He leaves behind: a devoted mother, Lisa A. Woods; sisters, Robyn Woods-Sinclair (Tavares) of Murfreesboro, TN, Patrice Woods (St. Louis, MO); brother, Kenneth Sanders, Jr. (Atlanta, GA); grandmothers, Rebecca Woods and Ruthann Patterson (both of St. Louis, MO); grandfather, Milton Woods, Sr. (St. Louis); aunts, Linda (Lin) Woods, cousin/aunt, Wanda Combs (both of St. Louis); uncles, Marvin Woods, Sr. (Sharon) (St. Louis, MO), Milton Woods, Jr. (Cynthia) (Seattle, WA), and Michael James Sanders (Kizzy), William Sanders, and Richard Sanders, all of St. Louis; three nephews, one niece, and a host of cousins, great uncles and aunts and friends.

Kendrick Isaiah Woods was preceded in death by his father Kenneth Sanders, Sr., grandfather-William Patterson and great grandmothers Ethel Mae Woods and Doretha Cross, and great grandfathers Noble L. Cross, Sr. and Jimmie Woods.

Kendrick Isaiah Woods was called home to God at an early age. Yet the family is at peace knowing that he loved God and talked to Him daily.