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1967 - 2021 (53 years)| Name | Jody Allen TRUETT [4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 24 Sep 1967 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina JODY ALLEN TRUETT Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:00 am Jody Allen Truett, 53, loving husband of Wanda B. Truett, departed this life on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Sumter. He was born on Sept. 24, 1967, to the late Carl and Virginia Truett. Jody was born and raised in Sumter. He built his own business, C & J Auto Sales, and sank his roots into the Sumter community with his paint work and used car sales. Jody was a long-time competitor at Sumter Speedway. He began his racing career in 1984 at the speedway and, throughout his 35 years of racing, won numerous races and track championships. Many people always said that he was the hardest person to pass on the track. His love of racing was always shown each and every week. He helped many others get involved in the sport and shared his knowledge to anyone that wanted to listen. Whether he was competing himself or just helping others, he absolutely loved the sport and will forever be remembered as one of the greatest to wheel a car around the track. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Virginia Truett; and one brother, Eddie Truett. He leaves behind his wife of 34 years, Wanda B. Truett; two children, Virginia Welch (Tim) and Cody Truett (Amber); five grandchildren, Allison Truett, Hannah Welch, Macy Welch, Zoey Truett and CJ Truett; two brothers, CW Truett (Faye) and Mike Truett; one sister, Janet Truett; a special niece, Dana Hill (Adam); a special nephew, Marty Horne; and numerous other nieces, nephews and friends. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore- Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home and other times at the family's residence, 230 Macy St., Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Family, friends remember Jody Truett Jody Truett, left, and Dale Carraway pose by their car after one of Truett's many victories at Sumter Speedway. Carraway worked as a crew chief for Truett, who passed away on Saturday after suffering a massive heart attack after finishing a race at the track. Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00 am By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Marty Horne has run many a race in his 31 years as a driver at Sumter Speedway. Never did he want to win a race more than he did on Saturday on the track's 64th season-opening program. He was driving in the very first race in the Econo-4 class, a class created by his uncle, Jody Truett. Horne, Truett and the other drivers had just completed the heat race when Truett suffered a medical emergency that led to him running off the track and being rushed to Prisma Health Tuomey. Truett had suffered a massive heart attack and later died at the hospital at the age of 53. That led to Horne's motivation to win, which he did. "It means a lot," Horne said of winning the race. "When it happened, I said, 'I'm going to win this race no matter what it takes.' " While Truett was the uncle, there was only six years separating the two. Their relationship was more like that of siblings. "He was pretty much like my brother," said Horne, who was driving a car on Saturday that Truett helped him build. "We were raised together, we raced together. Jody was just a very good person." That is the description given by everyone about Truett, one that is hard to come by in a sport that has tempers on a trigger's edge, even at the local level. "We met 40 years ago," Dale Carraway said. "We raced against each other, but we were friends. "He was just a good man, a good Christian man," Carraway added. "He always had a smile on face, something positive to say. In all of the years I knew him, I think I've seen him upset twice." Then Carraway and Truett became partners at the track, Carraway serving as Truett's crew chief for a few years in the 2000s. Carraway said he noticed Truett was having some handling issues on one of his cars and that brought them together. "We went to winning races and we won two (class) championships together," Carraway said. Truett's son, Cody, said his father raced in every class the speedway has offered over the years except for Late Model. Cody was naturally drawn to racing because of all the time Jody dedicated to it, but he didn't push it on him. "He asked me if I wanted to do it," Cody said. "When I said I did, he started helping me. "He was very passionate. He just loved racing. He wanted to help other people to succeed at it. He would help people as much as he could when they wanted to race." Jody came up with the concept for the Econo-4 class to make it more affordable for those who wanted to race. "He understood the cost of racing," Cody said. "We came up with a whole rule set where it would be a competitive class, but you didn't have to spend $5,000 to go and race. You could spend $2,000 or $1,500 and still win it." Cody said his dad had a very exact answer when he asked why he became so enamored with dirt track racing. "His exact words were, 'I got into racing because I wanted to keep my driver's license,' " Cody said. "It's the only time he could go as fast as he wanted and not be worried about it." While a friend off the track, Jody was described as a fierce competitor on the track. "He wouldn't cut you no slack," Horne said. "He'd race you clean. There was no dirty driving or nothing, but he raced hard." And what Jody was best known for was his refusal to give up the inside and simply let someone pass him. It didn't matter if he had the fastest car or the slowest car that day, a driver was going to have to earn the pass. "On smaller tracks like Sumter Speedway, the best way to pass someone is going to the inside of them in the corners," said track promoter Sissy McAlister, who had plenty encounters with Jody on the track. "Jody would not give you any of the inside. He would get to the guardrail as close as he could so you would not be able to get around him. You'd have to go to the outside, which is considered a harder pass because it's (the track) only 3/8 of a mile He hugged the guardrail very close." Carraway said he saw one small consolation in what happened with Jody on Saturday. "If anything good came out of this -- nobody loved the sport more than Jody. He passed away doing what he loved." Longtime Sumter Speedway driver Jody Truett dies from heart attack after race Longtime Sumter Speedway driver Jody Truett poses with his car and the checkered flag after one of his many victories in his 37-year career. Truett suffered a massive heart attack after completing a heat race on Saturday and later died. Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:00 am By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Jody Truett had just finished doing something he had done thousands of times over the last 37 years on Saturday - running a heat race at Sumter Speedway. The 53-year-old Truett was headed to the pit area when his car suddenly accelerated and ran off the track. Truett suffered a massive heart attack and died later at Prisma Health Tuomey. According to the Sumter County Coroner's Office, Truett died from natural causes, with the wreck having nothing to do with his death. Sumter Speedway promoter Sissy McAlister said the circumstances surrounding the event and her knowledge of how Truett handled himself let her know that something was wrong. "Mr. Jody was a talented person," McAlister said. "If the race is over, one, you have no reason to be going that fast, and two, you would have never run out of the track." Truett's son, Cody, is the track director and scorer at Sumter Speedway. He was in the tower when the incident occurred. "Panic, obviously, initially because you just don't know what happened," Cody responded when asked what his first response was upon viewing the incident. "And then a lot of worry and concern and obviously the realization of what had happened. You just don't understand it at the time. "When they (EMS) got to him, he was breathing on his own and had a very small pulse," Cody said. "They worked on him in the ambulance at the race track for about 20 minutes, and they took him to the hospital and continued for another hour there. They lost his pulse again, and they could never get it back." Cody said his father had experienced a couple of heart attacks earlier in his life. McAlister was a longtime friend of Jody's, having raced against him when she was a driver before becoming the promoter. She had nothing but the highest praise for him. "He was a fierce competitor on the track, but off the track he just had the biggest heart," she said. "He always had a smile on his face. He had a passion for racing and he loved it. "Nobody was perfect, but if somebody was, he was awfully darn close. He was polite, and caring, and loving. He was just intentional with everything he did. He was so helpful and honest." Truett was driving in the initial heat race for the Econo-4 class. That's a class that he and Cody developed, setting up the parameters for a class where drivers didn't have to spend a lot of money to prepare a car. Marty Horne, who is Jody's nephew and Cody's cousin, ended up winning the initial race. [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina JODY ALLEN TRUETT Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:00 am Jody Allen Truett, 53, loving husband of Wanda B. Truett, departed this life on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Sumter. He was born on Sept. 24, 1967, to the late Carl and Virginia Truett. Jody was born and raised in Sumter. He built his own business, C & J Auto Sales, and sank his roots into the Sumter community with his paint work and used car sales. Jody was a long-time competitor at Sumter Speedway. He began his racing career in 1984 at the speedway and, throughout his 35 years of racing, won numerous races and track championships. Many people always said that he was the hardest person to pass on the track. His love of racing was always shown each and every week. He helped many others get involved in the sport and shared his knowledge to anyone that wanted to listen. Whether he was competing himself or just helping others, he absolutely loved the sport and will forever be remembered as one of the greatest to wheel a car around the track. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Virginia Truett; and one brother, Eddie Truett. He leaves behind his wife of 34 years, Wanda B. Truett; two children, Virginia Welch (Tim) and Cody Truett (Amber); five grandchildren, Allison Truett, Hannah Welch, Macy Welch, Zoey Truett and CJ Truett; two brothers, CW Truett (Faye) and Mike Truett; one sister, Janet Truett; a special niece, Dana Hill (Adam); a special nephew, Marty Horne; and numerous other nieces, nephews and friends. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the Elmore- Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Ron Bower officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home and other times at the family's residence, 230 Macy St., Sumter, SC 29153. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Family, friends remember Jody Truett Jody Truett, left, and Dale Carraway pose by their car after one of Truett's many victories at Sumter Speedway. Carraway worked as a crew chief for Truett, who passed away on Saturday after suffering a massive heart attack after finishing a race at the track. Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00 am By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Marty Horne has run many a race in his 31 years as a driver at Sumter Speedway. Never did he want to win a race more than he did on Saturday on the track's 64th season-opening program. He was driving in the very first race in the Econo-4 class, a class created by his uncle, Jody Truett. Horne, Truett and the other drivers had just completed the heat race when Truett suffered a medical emergency that led to him running off the track and being rushed to Prisma Health Tuomey. Truett had suffered a massive heart attack and later died at the hospital at the age of 53. That led to Horne's motivation to win, which he did. "It means a lot," Horne said of winning the race. "When it happened, I said, 'I'm going to win this race no matter what it takes.' " While Truett was the uncle, there was only six years separating the two. Their relationship was more like that of siblings. "He was pretty much like my brother," said Horne, who was driving a car on Saturday that Truett helped him build. "We were raised together, we raced together. Jody was just a very good person." That is the description given by everyone about Truett, one that is hard to come by in a sport that has tempers on a trigger's edge, even at the local level. "We met 40 years ago," Dale Carraway said. "We raced against each other, but we were friends. "He was just a good man, a good Christian man," Carraway added. "He always had a smile on face, something positive to say. In all of the years I knew him, I think I've seen him upset twice." Then Carraway and Truett became partners at the track, Carraway serving as Truett's crew chief for a few years in the 2000s. Carraway said he noticed Truett was having some handling issues on one of his cars and that brought them together. "We went to winning races and we won two (class) championships together," Carraway said. Truett's son, Cody, said his father raced in every class the speedway has offered over the years except for Late Model. Cody was naturally drawn to racing because of all the time Jody dedicated to it, but he didn't push it on him. "He asked me if I wanted to do it," Cody said. "When I said I did, he started helping me. "He was very passionate. He just loved racing. He wanted to help other people to succeed at it. He would help people as much as he could when they wanted to race." Jody came up with the concept for the Econo-4 class to make it more affordable for those who wanted to race. "He understood the cost of racing," Cody said. "We came up with a whole rule set where it would be a competitive class, but you didn't have to spend $5,000 to go and race. You could spend $2,000 or $1,500 and still win it." Cody said his dad had a very exact answer when he asked why he became so enamored with dirt track racing. "His exact words were, 'I got into racing because I wanted to keep my driver's license,' " Cody said. "It's the only time he could go as fast as he wanted and not be worried about it." While a friend off the track, Jody was described as a fierce competitor on the track. "He wouldn't cut you no slack," Horne said. "He'd race you clean. There was no dirty driving or nothing, but he raced hard." And what Jody was best known for was his refusal to give up the inside and simply let someone pass him. It didn't matter if he had the fastest car or the slowest car that day, a driver was going to have to earn the pass. "On smaller tracks like Sumter Speedway, the best way to pass someone is going to the inside of them in the corners," said track promoter Sissy McAlister, who had plenty encounters with Jody on the track. "Jody would not give you any of the inside. He would get to the guardrail as close as he could so you would not be able to get around him. You'd have to go to the outside, which is considered a harder pass because it's (the track) only 3/8 of a mile He hugged the guardrail very close." Carraway said he saw one small consolation in what happened with Jody on Saturday. "If anything good came out of this -- nobody loved the sport more than Jody. He passed away doing what he loved." Longtime Sumter Speedway driver Jody Truett dies from heart attack after race Longtime Sumter Speedway driver Jody Truett poses with his car and the checkered flag after one of his many victories in his 37-year career. Truett suffered a massive heart attack after completing a heat race on Saturday and later died. Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2021 6:00 am By DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Jody Truett had just finished doing something he had done thousands of times over the last 37 years on Saturday - running a heat race at Sumter Speedway. The 53-year-old Truett was headed to the pit area when his car suddenly accelerated and ran off the track. Truett suffered a massive heart attack and died later at Prisma Health Tuomey. According to the Sumter County Coroner's Office, Truett died from natural causes, with the wreck having nothing to do with his death. Sumter Speedway promoter Sissy McAlister said the circumstances surrounding the event and her knowledge of how Truett handled himself let her know that something was wrong. "Mr. Jody was a talented person," McAlister said. "If the race is over, one, you have no reason to be going that fast, and two, you would have never run out of the track." Truett's son, Cody, is the track director and scorer at Sumter Speedway. He was in the tower when the incident occurred. "Panic, obviously, initially because you just don't know what happened," Cody responded when asked what his first response was upon viewing the incident. "And then a lot of worry and concern and obviously the realization of what had happened. You just don't understand it at the time. "When they (EMS) got to him, he was breathing on his own and had a very small pulse," Cody said. "They worked on him in the ambulance at the race track for about 20 minutes, and they took him to the hospital and continued for another hour there. They lost his pulse again, and they could never get it back." Cody said his father had experienced a couple of heart attacks earlier in his life. McAlister was a longtime friend of Jody's, having raced against him when she was a driver before becoming the promoter. She had nothing but the highest praise for him. "He was a fierce competitor on the track, but off the track he just had the biggest heart," she said. "He always had a smile on his face. He had a passion for racing and he loved it. "Nobody was perfect, but if somebody was, he was awfully darn close. He was polite, and caring, and loving. He was just intentional with everything he did. He was so helpful and honest." Truett was driving in the initial heat race for the Econo-4 class. That's a class that he and Cody developed, setting up the parameters for a class where drivers didn't have to spend a lot of money to prepare a car. Marty Horne, who is Jody's nephew and Cody's cousin, ended up winning the initial race. | |
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| _UID | EC0768A564DE4B82AD28BCB141FDE944BC62 | |
| Death | 10 Apr 2021 | Sumter |
| Burial | 14 Apr 2021 | a memorial service was held at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I244673 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 14 Apr 2021 | |
| Father | Carl George TRUETT, b. 1937, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 Mar 2013, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 76 years) | |
| Mother | Virginia BAKER, b. 2 Feb 1937, Alcolu, South Carolina d. 24 Feb 2012, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 75 years) | |
| _UID | 6BB0DE4564C74D7CB43BACE3ED753A54A0CF | |
| _UID | 6BB0DE4564C74D7CB43BACE3ED753A54A0CF | |
| Family ID | F97580 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Wanda B. | |||||
| Marriage | 1986 [1] | |||||
| _UID | C1355D81CA85419EA50C8C24368F3DB91E45 | |||||
| _UID | C1355D81CA85419EA50C8C24368F3DB91E45 | |||||
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| Family ID | F165229 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 14 Apr 2021 | |||||
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