R.F. Woodall, 73, of 6610 Wofford, a Dallas resident for about four years, died Thursday in his home after a long illness.

Born in Fairfield, Freestone County, he was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Forney Baptist Church.

Survivors are his wife and a son, R.F. Woodall Jr., both of Dallas; four half brothers, James A. Chism, Ernest Chism, Jim Chism and Travis Chism, all of Dallas; and two half sisters, Mrs. M.M. Garner of Forney, Kaufman County, and Mrs. Claud Garner of Kaufman and a grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church, Forney, with the Rev. James H. Stanley officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Forney.

Note: There is a Rufus F. Woodall, Sr. in the Texas Death Index who died August 11, 1960 in Dallas County. Rufus Franklin Woodall, Sr. is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery next to his wife, Emma T. Woodall. He was born February 18, 1887 and died August 11, 1960.