Marshall Co., OK; Obituary: Nannie Arvin Goff --------------------------------- Submitted by: James Goff Email: jgoff@viagrafix.net --------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ---------------------------------------------------- Nannie Goff Dead at 100, Funeral Held Wednesday Nannie Arvin Goff, an early-day resident of Old Woodville who observed her 100th birthday two months ago, died Saturday, September 3, 1983, in New Mexico. Mrs. Goff and her late husband, George Allman Goff, moved to the Old Woodville area a few years after they were married in 1901 at Bells, Texas. They made their home in Old Woodville until the area was inundated by Lake Texoma. At that time they moved to the Roads End area, near the present town of McBride. She continued to maintain her home in that area until about 3 1/2 years ago when she moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to be near a daughter, Mrs. Jane Herman. Funeral services for Mrs. Goff were conducted Wednesday morning from the Kingston Church of Christ. Harold Kimrey officiated. Singing was arranged by Jay Payne. Service arrangements were under the direction of Watts Funeral Home. Mrs. Goff was born June 19, 1883, in Ambrose, Tex. She was reared in the Ambrose and Bells area. She was one of seven children born to Joe and Permelia Arvin. After Mr. and Mrs. Goff moved to Marshall County he worked for a time as a farmer. He later operated a road grader for the State of Oklahoma, maintaining the road from the Red River to a point near Kingston. About that same time Mrs. Goff operated a boarding house, providing lodging and meals for teachers, doctors, and railroad men. For many years she prepared and served her tenants three meals a day at a cost of $1 a day. Following Mr. Goff's death in 1949, she continued to maintain her home in the McBride region. She remained active in her later years, planting and caring for her own garden until she was 96 years old. Many long-time friends in the southern region of the county will remember Mrs. Goff for her invitation to visit her home and share her "buns" (rolls) with her. She was a longtime member of the Church of Christ and had maintained her church attendance in later years as her health permitted. Her survivors include a son, George Goff, of Tulsa, OK; her daughter, Jane Herman, of Las Cruces, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four children, Dick, Julia, Joe B. Goff and an infant daughter. A sister, Mary E. Hicks, of Houston, Tx also survives. Grandsons and a grandson-in-law served as casket escorts for services and burial in the Cherry Mounds Cemetery, east of Denison, Tx. Escorts were Joe D. Herman Jr., Glenn A. Herman, George David Goff, James Earl Goff , Allen D. Goff and Charles W. Ashlock. Honorary escorts were Harold Henry, Clyde Lewis, Charles F. Dillow, Roland and George French and Doyle McGarr.