Background
Woods, William Sharpless Derrick was born on September 20, 1901 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel B. and Lucretia (Gilmore) Woods.
Woods, William Sharpless Derrick was born on September 20, 1901 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel B. and Lucretia (Gilmore) Woods.
Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia 1924.
Admitted to Virginia, New York bars. Practiced in Richmond, Virginia 1924-1928, New York City, 1929-1938. Partner firm McGuire, Woods & Battle, and predecessor firm, Richmond, Virginia, from 1938.
Member American, Virginia, Richmond bar associations, New York County Lawyers Association, Society Colonial Wars, National Audubon Society, Raven Society, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Commonwealth.
Married Page Bird, April. Children: William Sharpless Derrick, Montgomery Bird.