Obit of Weldon 'Tex' F. Goodin (g350) - Bryan County, Oklahoma 

Submitted by:  Howard Grisso  <hgrisso@hotmail.com>  14 Aug 2002
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::Eagle Point National Cemetery--Eagle Point OR

GOODIN, Weldon 'Tex' F.
Medford (OR) Mail Tribune
04-24-2001

The memorial service for Weldon 'Tex' Franklin Goodin will be at 3 
p.m. Wednesday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. A representative of 
Veterans for Veterans will officiate.

Mr. Goodin, 69, of Medford, died Friday (April 20, 2001) at his 
home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Rogue Valley Medical Center 
Foundation Hospice, 2600 Siskiyou Blvd., Suite 100, Medford, OR 
97504.

He was born May 30, 1931, in Yukon, OK, the son of Chester Thomas 
and Ethyl Mae Weat Goodin. He graduated from Caddo High School in 
Oklahoma. On May 20, 1956, in Medford, he married Joan Pence, who 
survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in 1967 from Vancouver, WA.

Mr. Goodin was a pipe fitter for fire protection and sprinkler 
systems. He owned and operated Pacific Fire Sprinklers for seven 
years before retiring in 1994.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Mr. Goodin was a member of the Tyee Bow Club and was a volunteer 
with the Boy Scouts. He enjoyed water skiing, camping, woodworking 
and welding.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two sons, Shane, 
Medford, and Gary, Mililani, HI; two daughters, Melanie Worsham and 
Lori Lawson, both Medford; two brothers, Delton, Baytown, TX, and 
Eldon, Marionville, MO; his step-mother, Bess Goodin, Cleveland, TX; 
and 11 grandchildren.

Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford