Wilson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Goodman, Dr. Eugene June 1, 2007
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Daily Press, Newport News, VA, June 2, 2007
Newport News -- Dr. Eugene Goodman, 78, died Friday, June 1, 2007.

He was born in Wilson, NC, to Abraham and Anna Goodman.

He served as an optometric officer in the U.S. Army.  He was a graduate of the 
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry.  He opened his own optometry practice 
in Phoebus and was in practice over 50 years.  He also had an office in 
Newport News as part of Riverside Hampton Roads Eye Associates.  He was 
president of Tidewater Optometric Society and of the Virginia Academy of 
Optometry.  He was a member of Rodef Sholom Temple and of Monitor Lodge #197 
A.F.&A.M. Dr. Goodman retired in 2001.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Phyllis Kemack and her husband, Daniel.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Evelyn Sharf Goodman, to whom he was 
married for 56 years and they worked together for 50 of those years; his 
daughter, Terry Goodman Cobb and her husband, George; his son and business 
partner for 20 years, Dr. Andrew Goodman and his wife, Martha; two grandsons, 
Noel Goodman and his wife, Eva, and Jeffrey Hardin and his fiancee, Emily 
Boyer; great-grandson, Ethan; his brother Stanley Goodman and his wife, Lena; 
brothers-in-law, Jerry Sharf and his wife, Norma, and Bret Sharf and his wife, 
Laurel; and sister-in-law, Pattie Cramer.

A funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday at Rodef Sholom Temple by 
Rabbi Gilah Dror followed by burial in Rosenbaum Memorial Park.

Memorial donations may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer 
Society, 11835 Canon Blvd., Suite A-102, Newport News, VA 23606, or the Rodef 
Sholom Temple, 318 Whealton Road, Hampton, VA 23666.

Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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