Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Wesley L. Sr., 1970 

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WESLEY LAFAYETTE GOODRICH 

   PORTSMOUTH - A funeral service for Wesley Lafayette (Buster) Goodrich Sr. 
was conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Grove Park Baptist Church by the Rev. Clyde 
Finley. Burial was in Olive Branch Cemetery with Snellings Funeral Home in 
charge.

   Pallbearers were M.L. Garrett, G.L. Copeland, Walter Forehand, John Furman 
Jr., Ray Hollowell, John Duncan, and Foster James.

   Goodrich, 63, of 18 Bradley Avenue, died Tuesday at 6:55 a.m. in a hospital.

   A native of Nansemond County, he was a son of William B. and Mrs. Hattie 
Jones Goodrich and the husband of Mrs. Susie Adams Goodrich.

   He was a retired automobile mechanic and a former operator of Goodrich Auto 
Service on Airline Boulevard Portsmouth. He was a charter member of Grove Park 
Baptist Church.

   Beside his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Venita Griffin of 
Franklin and Mrs. Edith Ann Mitchell and Mrs. Paige Heise of Portsmouth; two 
sons, Wesley L. Goodrich Jr. of Portsmouth and Charles R. Goodrich of Franklin; 
two brothers, Joshua B. Goodrich of Norfolk and J.G. Goodrich of New Bern, N.C.; 
14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.


[Wesley Lafayette "Buster" GOODRICH, Sr., of Portsmouth, retired auto mechanic, 
 Nansemond Co. native, d. 13 Oct 1970, age 63, 
 interred in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, 16 Oct 1970, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 22, 1970] 

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