(Sam Woods Statue), (sculpture).

(Sam Woods Statue), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Sam Woods Statue), (sculpture).

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 43 in. x W. 75 in.

(Incised on base, front:) SAM WOODS/THIS SCULPTURED MEMORIAL WAS/ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY/HIS LOVING WIFE./BESIDES BEING A DEVOTED HUSBAND/AND COMPANION, HE WAS INDEED, AN/INSPIRATIONAL INFLUENCE TO HIS/MANY FRIENDS AND TO THE COMMUNITY/AT LARGE. HE LOVED ART, MUSIC AND/BOOKS. HIS VERSATILITY WAS OUTSTANDING./HE WAS KNOWN AS MUSICIAN, ARTIST, POET,/ACTOR, DIRECTOR, READER/LIFE'S A VOYAGE THAT'S HOMEWARD BOUND (On left flanking stone:) WIFE/SADIE R. WOODS/FEB. 27, 1873/SEPT. 3, 1956 (Eastern Star Emblem) (On right flanking stone:) HUSBAND/SAMUEL WOODS/OCT. 18, 1871/JULY 11, 1940 (Masonic Emblem) unsigned

Full-length portrait of Sam Woods stands on a square pedestal flanked by two smaller stones. He wears a double-breasted suit.

Portrait male -- Woods, Sam -- Full length

Emblem -- Masonic

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Sharon Center

Administered by Sharon Village, Cemetery Department, Sharon Center, Ohio 44274

Located Sharon Township Cemetery, Route 94, south of Sharon Center, Sharon Center, Ohio

Commissioned by Sadie Woods in memory of her husband Samuel Woods.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.

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