Homer B. Woods

Homer Boughner Woods was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 1, 1925 to December 31, 1936.
Born on a farm near Harrisville, West Virginia, to circuit-riding pastor Rev. Philip A. and Salina Woods, Woods became a teacher. He attended Marietta College and then became county superintendent.
He "took a course in the law department" of West [Virginia University]", gaining admission to the bar in that state in 1892. In 1896, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County, West Virginia. He was thereafter elected as a circuit judge for three terms. He was elected to a 12-year term on the West Virginia supreme court in 1924, and served until 1936, when he and Justice M. O Litz were both defeated in their respective bids for reelection.
In 1940, he was elected as a Republican to the West Virginia House of Delegates, and died during his term in office. Woods died in a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, where he was recuperating from a period of ill health, at the age of 71.