Obituary of John A. Goodpaster

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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003
From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008
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John A. Goodpaster 
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, December 8, 1938 
John A. Goodpaster Victim Of Tularemia 
Was The First Death From The Disease In This County 
   John A. Goodpaster, 69 years old, prominent Bath county farmer, died 
at his home Monday, December 5, following a ten days' illness of tularemia 
(rabbit fever).  Mr. Goodpaster and one of his daughters, Miss Louise 
Goodpaster, contracted the disease about ten days ago while dressing 
rabbits. 
   A farmer and a stock dealer well known throughout this county, he was 
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H. Goodpaster and came of one of 
the oldest and most widely connected families in the county. 
   Besides his wife, Mrs. Nannie Warner Goodpaster, he is survived by 
five daughters, Mrs. Fidela Hedrick, Weston, Mo., Mrs. Allen Vanlandingham, 
Mrs. Howard Vinson, Miss Laura Goodpaster and Miss Louise Goodpaster, 
of this county, and six sons, Burnett and Osborn Goodpaster, of Weston, 
Mo., and Clifford, Russell, Floyd and Sherman Goodpaster, of this county.  
He is also survived by several brothers and sisters. 
   Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon, 
December 7, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin.  Interment was in 
the family graveyard.