Surry-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, James A., 1958 

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JAMES ALBERT GOODRICH 

  SUFFOLK - Oct. 18 - James A. Goodrich, 77, died Saturday at his home here. 
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Vivian Goodrich; a daughter, Mrs. Norman Bradshaw 
of Suffolk; two sons, Roy Goodrich of Norfolk and Fred T. Goodrich of 
Richmond, and seven grandchildren.  A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. 
Sunday at Baker Funeral Home, with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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James Goodrich Dies Unexpectedly 

  James Albert Goodrich, 76, died unexpectedly Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at his 
home, 410 Jackson St. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Baker Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Mahlon Elliott, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, and the 
Rev. A. Woodrow Laine, former pastor.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 
The John E. Martin Bible Class of Oxford Methodist Church have been asked to 
serve as honorary pallbearers. 

  Mr. Goodrich worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 27 
years, retiring in 1942. 

  He was a member of Oxford Methodist Church and the John E. Martin Bible 
Class of the church. 

  He was a son of the late Benjamin Hawkins Goodrich and Ansebelia Bailey 
Goodrich of Surry County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vivian Rawls Goodrich of the home; a 
daughter, Mrs. Norman N. Bradshaw; two sons, James Roy Goodrich of Norfolk 
and Frederick Trent Goodrich of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. Ida May Rogers 
and Mrs. Alfred J. Brittle of Wakefield, two brothers, Benjamin J. Goodrich 
and Garland C. [sic. J. Garland] Goodrich of Wakefield; seven grandchildren 
and several nieces and nephews. 

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Rites Held Sunday For James A. Goodrich 

  Funeral services for James Albert Goodrich, who died Saturday, were 
conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. Mahlon 
Elliott, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery.  Mr. Elliott read the hymn, "Lead Kindly Light."  Mrs. George Rogers 
and Mrs. Ashby Miles sang "Will the Circle be Unbroken?" and "The Old Rugged 
Cross," accompanied at the organ by Mrs. William F. Whitley. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white carnations and white 
chrysanthemums. 

  Pallbearers were Oliver Rogers, Elwood Goodrich, Cephas Goodrich, Ernest 
Goodrich and Boyd Curtis, all nephews of the deceased. 


James Albert GOODRICH, retired life insurance agent, 
b. 26 Jan 1882, Surry Co., d. 19 Oct 1958, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 42*), Suffolk, 20 Oct 1958, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Oct. 19, 1958, p. 66; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 247, Oct. 19, 1958, p. 11; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 248, Oct. 20, 1958, p. 3, 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #133788850, by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His parents are buried in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery - Plot 49C. 
   Rocky Hock list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," June 1, 1960, p. 28) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362v2ob.txt 


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