Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Edward James Gooch, 2002, Lincoln Co.
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 6:16 AM


>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 10 July 2002

STANFORD -- Services for Edward "Ed" James Gooch, 79, of Stanford 
will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Missionary Baptist Church by the 
Rev. Floyd Raglin. Burial will be in Buffalo Springs Cemetery.

He died Tuesday at his home. 

Born June 29, 1923, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late 
Elmer and Josephine Montgomery Gooch. 

He was owner and operator of Ed Gooch Slaughter House for 40 years 
and was a self-employed house painter for many years. He was a member 
of First Missionary Baptist Church and a World War II Army veteran.
 
Survivors include his wife, Lottie M. Garr Gooch; a son, Edward E. 
Gooch of Stanford; two daughters, Carolyn A. Gooch of Stanford and 
Jo Alice Johnson of Stone Mountain, Ga.; a sister, Anna Catherine 
Tucker of Detroit, Mich.; and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be David Penman, Hershel Penman, Clarence Gooch, 
Jeff Gooch, Glen Gooch and Bobby Wilkinson.
Honorary pallbearers will be James Welch, Donnell Simpson, Troy 
Gooch, Wayne Masterson, Robin Brown and Sam Gooch.

Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Spurlin Funeral Home.

Memorials may go Heritage Hospice of Lincoln Education Fund.

 

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