About
Marilyn Woodard on a Very Good Day
Why do you call yourself
Miz Woody?
Before we were married, Darling, then known as Woody, and I belonged to a couples’ Bible study in which we were the only unmarried couple. One evening, before the study got started, all the men were standing near the food (imagine!) and the women were in the seating area (waiting for the meeting to begin, like good girls, ahem.)
When Ed arrived, he came straight over to the women. Ed was a little older than the rest of us and a true Southern Gentleman. He greeted each woman in turn, “Evenin’ Miz Smith, evenin’ Miz Carlson, etc.” He got to me and I wondered what he would say. I was pretty sure he didn’t know my last name. Without missing a beat he said, “Evenin’ Miz Woody” and earned himself the admiration of all.
