Former JSU football player Travis Woods’ services set

Travis Woods

Funeral services for former Jackson State University football player Travis Woods have been set for Friday, family members said.

Travis Woods
Travis Woods

Visitation will be held for the public from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 2975 Cannonsburg Road, in Natchez. The memorial service will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with anyone desiring to speak.

Private visitation will be held at the church from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and a ceremony by his Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers will be held at 5 p.m.

A Celebration of Life will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Natchez High School Gymnasium, 319 Sergeant Prentiss Drive, Natchez.

Woods, 23, a Natchez native, was a starting defensive back with JSU in 2013.

Woods was shot and killed in an altercation outside a club in Lorman, Miss., about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

For more information, contact Jeremy Fakes, funeral director/planner for Peoples Funeral Home, 601-493-4973 or 601-969-3040.