Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, J. Leslie, 1977 

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JAMES LESLIE GOODRICH 

J.L. GOODRICH 

  WAKEFIELD - James Leslie Goodrich, 82, died Friday in a local nursing home. 

  He was a farmer and lifelong resident of Surry County and attended Rocky 
Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Catherine S. Goodrich; three sons, C. 
Lelon Goodrich, Willie G. Goodrich, and Thomas E. Goodrich, all of Richmond; 
two sisters, Mrs. Susie Bass of Stony Creek, and Mrs. Estelle Gay of Richmond; 
nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. J.A. Duncan and the Rev. L.P. Bland. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock United Methodist Church cemetery. 

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Waverly Rescue Squad. 

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JAMES LESLIE GOODRICH 

  James Leslie Goodrich, age 82, a lifelong resident and farmer of Surry 
County, died Friday, November 18, in Logan Nursing Home, Wakefield.  He was 
a member of the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.  He is survived by his 
wife, Catherine Scarborough Goodrich; three sons, Clyde Lelan Goodrich, Willie 
G. Goodrich, and Thomas Earl Goodrich, all of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. 
Susie Bass, Stoney Creek and Mrs. Estelle Gay, of Richmond.  Funeral services 
will be held Sunday, November 20, at 2:30 at Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield.  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Cemetery.  The family suggest 
memorials be made to the Waverly Rescue Squad. 


James Leslie GOODRICH, retired farmer, 
b. 30 Mar 1895, Surry Co., d. 18 Nov 1977, Wakefield, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 19*), Surry Co., 
   20 Nov 1977, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 20, 1977, p. 4; 
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 mother, Elizabeth Agnes (HART; Mrs. James Waverly) GOODRICH, 
   & maternal grandmother, Mary Agnes (BAILEY; Mrs. Gilberry Walter) HART, 
   are buried in Plot 34. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137094443. 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 25, 1963, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362e5ob.txt 

The (donated, 1938) obit for his maternal grandmother is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/h630m4ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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