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Epilogue
John William Franklin Wooten died at
age 70 on February 24, 1976.
He was creative. He was innovative. He
was a pharmacist. He was a dreamer of what
could be if a man set his mind to his dream.
Sudie Cloninger Wooten died at age 86
on October 13, 1993.
She was seamstress and an outstanding
cook. She had a heart for others, and always
was there with a hand to help them along
life's way. She was a mother, who taught her
daughters that life was a gi from God for
them to never forget, and not for a single
minute or hour of their days.
"Our childhood was the best," Martha
Goetz says.
"I would describe it," Joan Nicholson says,
"as almost idyllic."
"I loved every minute of growing up there
in the log house," Bettie Wooten Downing
says.
Today, there is a wrought-iron bench
next to where they once swam with cousins
and friends, and a brass plaque that reads,
"In Loving Memory of Mr. & Mrs. John
Wooten, Given By Bettie, Joan and Martha."
A gentle summer breeze permeates over
the property, and a sense of serenity.
Once upon a time, you found the old log
house nestled under the tall pines and the
dogwoods off Raeford Road, and what may
have been the most picturesque landscape in
this city.
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