Atlanta in Macon County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Dr. Owen L. Woodward

"Doc Woody"

— 8/03/1918 - 12/08/2007 —

Dr. Owen L. Woodward Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2021

1. Dr. Owen L. Woodward Marker

Inscription. In loving memory of
Dr. Owen L. Woodward
Osteopathic Physician &
”Medicine Man” to Troop B
Highway Patrol 1952-1999

Mayor of Atlanta 1964-1993
Macon County & Atlanta C-3 School Boards
Ambulance Board for 12 years
Honorary trooper Missouri Highway Patrol – 1977
Macon County Coroner for 18 years
487th “Point of Light” in 1991
CCC & U.S. Army WWII

Dedicated husband to Marybelle
Father to Garnita, Twila & Jana
”Papa Doc” to Aaron

This building served as “Doc Woody’s”
office for many years.

May he rest in peace.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Patriots & Patriotism • Science & Medicine • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is August 3, 1918.

Location. 39° 53.915′ N, 92° 28.78′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Missouri, in Macon County. It is on South Atterberry Street (State Highway M) just south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is mounted on the Atlanta City Hall building, just to the right of the front/east entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 South Atterberry Street, Atlanta MO 63530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Missouri. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: La Plata Square Historic District

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(approx. 8.6 miles away); Freedom Will Never Be Free (approx. 10.8 miles away); Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (approx. 10.8 miles away); Macon Kiwanis U.S. Bi-Centennial Time Capsule (approx. 10.8 miles away); Macon County World War Memorial (approx. 10.8 miles away); Macon County World War II Memorial (approx. 10.8 miles away); 3rd Courthouse in Macon County (approx. 10.8 miles away); Macon Sesquicentennial Time Capsule (approx. 11.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Dr Owen L. “Woody” Woodward (Find A Grave).

(La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Macon County, Missouri.)
He was known to most people at Doc Woody. He established his private practice in Atlanta in 1952. He retired from his practice on Aug. 31, 1999. He was named Physician of the year by the Macon Area Chamber of Commerce in 1985, was selected in 1991 by President George Bush as the 487th Point of Light, and was invited as a guest aboard "Air Force One" on Jan. 12, 1992. "Doc" served eight years with the Civilian Conservation Corps, during the depression. He served his country during WW II, as a medic in the United States Army.

(Submitted on February 21, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Atlanta City Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2021

2. Atlanta City Hall

(marker is mounted on right side of front/east entrance)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 21, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.