Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Violet B. Munford, 1969 

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VIOLET BEATRICE MUNFORD BUTLER GOODRICH 

  WAKEFIELD - Violet Munford Goodrich, 88, a resident of Wakefield (Surry 
County), died Monday, Feb. 21, 2000 in Holland, Va. 

  Born on Feb. 8, 1912, she was a native of Southampton County and the 
daughter of the late Emmett Munford and Ruth Bradshaw Munford.  She was 
a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, Wakefield, and owned and 
operated Goodrich Nursing Home in Surry County for 20 years.  She was a 
caregiver for her family and community all her life, and a devoted and 
hard-working mother to her large family and many friends. 

  She was the widow of Robert Henry Butler and John W. Goodrich. 

  She is survived by a daughter, Esther B. Wood, and husband, Glenn, of 
Holland, Va.; four sons, Tom Butler, and wife, Lillian, of Chesapeake, 
Fred Butler, and wife, Margaret of Waverly, Ronnie Goodrich, and wife, 
Alice of Wakefield and Bob Butler of Florida; six stepchildren, Carleton 
Goodrich, and wife, Margaret, of Suffolk, Herbert Goodrich, and wife, 
Yvonne, of Tenn., Charlotte Carden of Grandy, N.C., Aggie Goodrich of 
Wakefield, Margaret Doss of Newsoms and Mabel Johnson of Wakefield; a 
sister, Lafayette Munford Dowdy of Radford; a brother, John Munford of 
Black Creek; and 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and several 
step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. 

  She was the mother of the late Rose Logan and sister of the late Alvin 
Munford. 

  Funeral service will be held on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. in 
Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters.  Burial 
will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 
at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 7 until 8:30 p.m. 


Violet Beatrice (MUNFORD BUTLER; Mrs. John Waverly) GOODRICH, 
   former owner/operator of Goodrich Nursing Home, 
b. 8 Feb 1912, Southampton Co., d. 21 Feb 2000, Holland, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 56B*), Surry Co., 
   24 Feb 2000, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Feb. 22, 2000, p. 19 

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

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137139122. 

Her second husband's obits ("Tidewater News," Dec. 18, 1969, p. 12, & 
   donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/g362j1ob.txt 

Her first husband's (donated, 1937) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346r6ob.txt 

He is buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-15), another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her parents are buried in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 16, 1959, I-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m516e2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 8, 1975), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/m516r1ob.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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