Alice Faye Woomer

Alice Faye Woomer (neé Jackson), age 81, went to be with her Lord on July 7, 2025. Alice passed away peacefully at The Grand in Dublin. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She will be deeply missed.

Alice loved to read books. Her favorite authors were Grace Livingston Hill and Miss Read. Alice enjoyed the places and eras to which books took her. She also loved to write stories and anecdotes, many of them published in her church denomination’s newsletter. Alice was proud to have served in the Women’s Army Corps and used the GI Bill to attend business school. This education led her to a career focused on office work for various companies. She retired from Highmark Inc., where she had entered data for insurance claims.

Alice was born on November 15, 1943, in West Hamlin, WV, to the late Oscar Taylor Jackson and the late Ethel Faye Jackson (neé Jaynes). She was the fourth of five children.

After graduating from Barboursville High School in 1961, she joined the military in 1962. She served as a medic for eighteen months in the U.S. Army, earning the rank of E-3. Following the convention of the time, Alice left the service in 1963 after she married and was expecting her first child. For the rest of her life, Alice remained proud to be a veteran.

Her marriage to Kenneth Larkin Woomer took place on July 20, 1963, in San Francisco. They lived in California before various career changes took the family to Fort Dix, NJ; Levittown, PA; and LeSage, WV. Their daughter LaRue was born on the West Coast, and their son Ken was born on the East Coast.

After moving to Findlay, OH, to support her husband through seminary, she moved around Pennsylvania with him to several Churches of God General Conference churches throughout his fifteen-year stint as a pastor.

They then settled in a cozy home in Camp Hill, PA, where they lived for nearly ten years before retiring to Millfield, OH, in 2007. The house in Camp Hill was filled with Alice’s favorite color, light blue, and her favorite object, apples—glass apples, ceramic apples, wooden apples, and more. Their dog, Maxx, a Jack Russell terrier, was a friendly presence, and both Ken and Alice loved him deeply.

One of her most cherished roles was that of grandmother. As her two granddaughters grew up, she showered them with treats, from candy to books to toys. When they would visit, she would give them snacks and take them on grandma-granddaughter adventures to yard sales and dollar stores. She was affectionate, writing them notes and calling them on the phone. The week they spent every summer at Grandma and Grandpa’s house was longed for many weeks in advance.

In her later years, she took on yet another role, that of great-grandmother to Ezra, Rose, and Quentin. She was delighted to hear whenever a new baby would be joining the family. When Gram met Ezra for the first time, she was recovering from surgery. Despite being physically weak, she was eager to hold Ezra, who was seven weeks old, and welcome him to the family. As he grew, he treasured books and trinkets from Gram as she gave treats to the next generation. Even as dementia beset her mind, her eyesight and hearing still functioned, and she read a long book about cats out loud to Rose during Thanksgiving 2024. When Rose visited her in her skilled nursing facility, Rose and Gram sang hymns together. Although she didn’t meet her newest great-grandchild in person, she saw Quentin over video several times. Gram said nearly every day that she saw pictures of Quentin that he was a “pretty baby,” and she was happy that Rachel had had a baby.

The most important part of Alice’s life was her faith. Throughout a difficult life, filled with hardships of many kinds, she clung to Jesus, longing for his return.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and two sisters and a brother. Alice is survived by her daughter LaRue (Gary) Basinger of Dublin, OH; son Ken (Mary) Woomer of Perry, GA; granddaughter Rachel (Cole) Lane of Holly Ridge, NC; granddaughter Rebekah (Daniel) Slonim of Hillsdale, MI; great-grandson Ezra Slonim; great-granddaughter Rose Slonim; and great-grandson Quentin Lane.

A funeral will be held on July 24, 2025, at 10:00AM at Schoedinger Funeral Home (5980 Perimeter Drive, Dublin, OH 43017). A burial ceremony will follow on July 25, 2025, at 10:00AM at Dayton National Cemetery where she will join her beloved husband of sixty-one years (4400 W. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45428).

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org or Dementia Friends Ohio at ocfch.org.