Barry Dwight Woodward, 52

Funeral services for Barry Dwight Woodward, 52, of Gainesville, were held April 27, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Burial was at Pleasant Mound cemetery in Dora.
He died April 22, 2024, in West Plains. He was born on Nov. 10, 1971, to Edward and Laura Raye Woodward in Houston, Missouri.
Barry was a 1990 graduate of Dora High School. He went on to pursue his passion for law enforcement. He worked for the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, then moved on to work at the Marbax Shirt Company until they closed. He then helped open the Home Depot store in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Barry worked there for 10 years, then moved on to work for Harbor Freight in Branson and later helped set up and open the West Plains Harbor Freight store.
In 1997, Barry married Michelle (Richard) Woodward. Together they raised their four children Nicholas and Zachary Woodward and Donovan and Autumn Anderson. He loved his grandchildren Mason and Olivia Nichols.
Barry loved spending time with family, fishing, going to yard sales, casinos, superhero movies and reading comic books.
Barry is survived by his wife Michelle; their children and grandchildren; his brothers: Eddie Woodward and wife Josie, Rocky Woodward and wife Pam and Cary Woodward and wife Melanie; brother-in-law, David Collins; his uncle, Tommy; aunt, Phyllis Shipley; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Barry was preceded in death by his parents Edward and Laura Raye Woodward and one sister, DeAnn Collins.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville.