Classes cancelled at AHST/W Friday for a funeral
September 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson
The Superintendent of the AHST/W School District says classes have been cancelled for Friday so that students and staff from the AHST and Walnut Districts may attend the funeral of a staff member’s son. The Daily NonPareil says Superintendent Jesse Ulrich made the announcement Wednesday morning on the school districts’ Facebook accounts following the death of Jason Woodward in Harris County, Texas, last Friday evening.
Jason C. Woodward
According to a release from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department in Texas, Woodward was driving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle along Interstate 45 near George Bush International Airport in Houston when he lost control at a high rate of speed and struck an SUV after exiting the freeway on a frontage road. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene. An investigation remains ongoing.
The 23-year old Woodward served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a graduate of AHST High School. He was a also wrestler for AHST. According to the district’s website, Woodward’s mother, Pam, works as a secretary at AHST.
Jason Woodward’s funeral will be held 11-a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Shelby. He will be buried in Shelby Cemetery.
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