APEX – Elizabeth Mullen Woolard, 77, died Monday, March 12, 2012. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Strickland Funeral Home Chapel in Wendell with burial to follow in Historic Oakwood Cemetery.

A native of Franklin County, she was preceded in death by her mother, Ruby Mullen, and her husband, Colon Glenn Woolard. She worked at Wake Med for many years. 

Surviving: her son, Richard Glenn Woolard (Jodi) of Apex; daughter, Karen Adams (Dennis) of Garner; siblings, Henry Mullen of Pilot, Willard Arnold (Barbara) of Wendell, Shirley Harris  (Terry) of Justice, Angelia Arnold of Pilot, Walter Arnold (Kathy) of Canyon Lake, Tex.; and two grandchildren,

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association- Eastern North Carolina, 3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612, alznc.org or SPCA of Wake County, 200 Pet Finder Ln., Raleigh, NC, 27603, www.spcawake.org.

Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell, www.stricklandfuneralhomes.net