Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Goodman, Judge James F. May 5, 1905
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The Nashville Herald
	We find the following account of Judge James Goodman’s death in the 
Valdosta Times.
	The death of Judge James F. Goodman at his home at Sparks Friday 
night, removed from the scenes of earth a man who had been long and 
prominently identified with the growth and development of this section.  Judge 
Goodman was stricken with paralysis a little over two weeks before his death, 
and although he apparently rallied from the attack, his family and friends 
were very apprehensive from the first.  He suffered a second stroke about a 
week after the first, and on Friday last a third change for the worse 
manifested itself.  It was then seen that the end was near, and despite every 
effort of the physicians, death relieved the sufferer at about 7 o’clock that 
night.
	Judge Goodman would have been 84 years old on the 13th of this month.  
He removed from Wilkinson county, Ga., to Berrien county fifty years ago, and 
in point of residence as well as age, was one of the oldest citizens in the 
county.  He served his country well in many positions of trust, being judge of 
the old inferior court, and county school commissioner for twenty-one years.  
In the last named capacity he visited every section of the county at regular 
intervals for all the years, and probably met and knew more people than any 
man in the county.  School(s) were then few and far between, and educational 
matters in a crude and chaotic condition, and he did a good work in laying the 
foundation for the present superb system enjoyed by the county.
	He removed from Nashville where he lived nearly forty years, to Sparks 
about twelve years ago, since which time, owing to the infirmities of age, he 
has led a quiet and even life.
	Judge Goodman leaves an aged wife, with whom he lived happily for 
fifty-five years, nine sons and daughters, and a host of grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren.  His descendants probably number 200.  He was a man of 
unfailing good nature, honest and true to himself and his fellow man, and his 
home life was beautiful in its love and simplicity.  His living children are 
Messrs. J.J.F. Goodman, G.W. Goodman, O.P. Goodman and A.S. Goodman, of 
Berrien county, and W.P. Goodman of Arkansas; Mesdames Alfred Simpson, Jasper 
Tison, Reddick McKinnon and L.B. Lovett of Berrien county.
	The funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock at 
the home of the deceased by Rev. A.L. Blizard, of the Baptist church, of which 
faith Judge Goodman had long been a member.  The business houses of the town 
were closed in respect to his memory during the services.  A special train was 
run from Nashville in the afternoon, bringing members of the Masonic order and 
friends to the funeral.  His body was taken charge of at the grave by the 
Masons and interred after their beautiful and impressive form.  The deceased 
had been a prominent member of the order for nearly half a century, and was 
said to have been the oldest Mason in the county.  The Nashville, Sparks and 
Adel lodges took part in the services.


Additional Comments:
James F. Goodman was the first school superintendent of Berrien County.

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