Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Benjamin J., 1959 

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Benj. J. Goodrich, Buried Nov. 8th In Rocky Hock Cemty. 

  Benjamin Joseph Goodrich, 79, died Saturday, October [sic; November] 7, 
1959 at 12:15 A.M. at his home in Wakefield after a long illness. 

  He was a lifelong resident of Surry County and a retired farmer.  His late 
parents were B.H. and Ansebelia Bailey Goodrich.  He was a member of Rocky 
Hock Methodist Church. 

  He was a widower of Mrs. Maude Goodrich. 

  Surviving the one daughter, Miss Evelyn Goodrich of Wakefield; one son, 
Ernest W. Goodrich of Surry; one sister, Mrs. Annie Brittle, and one brother, 
J. Garland Goodrich, both of Wakefield; two grandchildren and nieces and 
nephews. 

  Services were held at the Purviance Funeral Chapel Sunday at 3 P.M. by the 
Rev. L.P. Bland, pastor of the Wakefield Methodist Church.  Burial was in 
Rocky Hock Church Cemetery.


Benjamin Joseph GOODRICH, retired farmer, 
b. 25 Apr 1880, Surry Co., d. 7 Nov 1959, at home, Wakefield R.F.D., 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery*, 8 Nov 1959, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 40, No. 46, Nov. 12, 1959, p. 1, col. 7 

*Find a Grave Mem. #137093907 

His parents are also buried there. 

Correct dates from D.Cert. 29414 (Blackwater #11). 


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