Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, John W., 1969 

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JOHN WAVERLY GOODRICH 

   WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for John Waverly Goodrich was conducted at 
2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. Robert 
L. Consolvo and the Rev. L.P. Bland.  Burial was in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery 
in Surry County. 

   Pallbearers were Alvin Lowe, Vernon Lowe, Ralph Bailey, R.J. Bailey, Joe 
Eggleston, Harry Lee Goodrich, Jerome Goodrich and Fenton Goodrich. 

   Goodrich, 79, died Monday in a Franklin hospital after a long illness. 

   He was a son of John A. and Mrs. Ida Bailey Goodrich.  He was a lifelong 
resident and farmer of Surry County. 

   He was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church and Farmers Hunt 
Club. 

   He was survived by his widow, Mrs. Violet Mumford [sic; Munford] Goodrich; 
five daughters, Mrs. H.O. Barrett of Zuni, Mrs. H.D. Doss Jr. of Newsoms, Mrs. 
James H. Carden of Waverly, and Mrs. Frank R. Johnson Jr. and Miss Mary Agnes 
Goodrich of Wakefield; four sons, John W. Goodrich Jr. of Portsmouth, Ronnie 
A. Goodrich and E. Carlton Goodrich of Wakefield, and H.M. Goodrich of Mount 
Juliet, Tenn.; three stepsons, Robert H. Butler of Nashville, Tenn., Thomas W. 
Butler of Portsmouth and Fred W. Butler of Wakefield; two stepdaughters, Mrs. 
Rosemarie Corbett of Wakefield and Mrs. Glenn Wood of Holland; a sister, Miss 
Addie Goodrich of Wakefield; 34 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. 

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JOHN WAVERLY GOODRICH 

  WAKEFIELD - John Waverly Goodrich, 79, died Monday in a Franklin hospital 
after a long illness. 

  He was a son of John A. and Mrs. Ida Bailey Goodrich.  He was a lifelong 
resident and farmer of Surry County. 

  He was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church and Farmers Hunt Club. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Violet Mumford [sic; Munford] Goodrich; 
five daughters, Mrs. H.O. Barrett of Zuni, Mrs. F.E. Doss, Jr. of Newsoms, 
Mrs. James H. Carden of Waverly, and Mrs. Frank R. Johnson Jr. and Miss Mary 
Agnes Goodrich of Wakefield; four sons, John W. Goodrich and Ronnie A. 
Goodrich of Wakefield, and H.M. Goodrich of Mount Juliet, Tenn.; three step-
sons, Robert H. Butler of Nashville, Tenn., Thomas W. Butler of Portsmouth and 
Fred W. Butler of Wakefield; two step-daughters, Mrs. Rosemarie Corbett of 
Wakefield and Mrs. Glenn Wood of Holland; a sister, Miss Addie Goodrich of 
Wakefield; 34 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral 
Chapel by the Rev. Robert L. Consolvo and the Rev. L.P. Bland.  Burial will 
be in Rocky Hock church cemetery in Surry County. 


John Waverly GOODRICH, Surry Co. farmer, 
b. 8 Aug 1890, Surry Co., d. 15 Dec 1969, Franklin, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 56B*), Surry Co., 
   17 Dec 1969, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 18, 1969, p. 12; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His parents are buried in Plot 71. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137139216. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Feb. 22, 2000, p. 19) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362v1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Oct. 13, 1937, p. 12, & 
   donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362i3ob.txt 


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