Marcus was born in Kansas City, MO to Tommy and Cindy Woods.  His family always made sure to find time for laughter and fun and would go on several day trips or longer vacations when school was not in session. Marcus was a cub scout and boy scout and was an Eagle Scout out of Troop 395 in Missouri.  
He joined the US Navy out of high school and became a radioman with the USS Missouri SSN-780.  He is remembered by his family as a problem solver who put this to use while serving on board the Mighty MO. For example, when cleaning the head for inspection he came up with the idea to zip tie plastic around the metal areas so that when it was time for inspection they only needed to cut the ties off and the metal would still be shiny and ready to pass inspection.   One of our favorite memories was the story of when the Missouri was in port off the coast of France.  Marcus wanted to show off some dance moves with his buddies so he got on top of a rickety table, one about to fall apart, and began twisting away.  The table held up as everyone clapped for him and this feat.                                                                          We love our Squibby so much and miss him every day.
Tommy, Cindy, and Chris Woods