Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Goodrich, Iola E. Harris, 2016 

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IOLA ELIZABETH HARRIS GOODRICH 

  DENDRON - Iola Elizabeth Harris Goodrich, age 100, passed away peacefully in 
the presence of her family, Friday March 18, 2016.

  Born on the family farm of August 8, 1915 in the Spring Hill area of Sussex 
County, Va., she was the daughter of the late John Alley and Lizzie Cofer 
Harris.  Besides her parents, she was predeceased in death by her husband of 
56 years, George Willard Goodrich and by her siblings, Robert Oliver Harris 
and Hazel Harris Davies.

  In her youth, Elizabeth was a member of the Waverly Christian Church and was 
a graduate of Waverly High School.

  She was a loving mother to her "three Goodrich girls" and continued in that 
same role with her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great-
grandchildren.

  She was a faithful member of the Dendron United Methodist Church and the 
oldest living member there when it was closed in 2015.  Church was not an 
option in the Goodrich household.  Elizabeth was always there with her family 
by her side.  She was deeply saddened when the church closed and later her 
name was placed on the role of the Oak Grove United Methodist Church, the 
church attended by two of her daughters.

  Survivors include: her children, Betty G. Thompson (Les), Norma G. Roach 
(Bill), and Joanie G. Berryman (Mac); grandchildren, Sandy Rawlings, Kathy 
Zevgolis, Randee Masters (Bob), Billy Roach, Melissa Berryman (Bryan 
Chadwick), Steve Berryman (Jordan), and Lisa B. Trombley (David); step-
grandchildren, Gail T. McLain and Tracy Thompson (Laurie); ten great-
grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren and six great-great-
grandchildren.

  A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 21, 2016 at R.W. 
Baker & Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield Chapel.  Burial will follow at Wakefield 
Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial donations be made 
to Oak Grove U.M.C. P.O. Box 118, Surry, VA 23883. 


Iola Elizabeth (HARRIS; Mrs. G. Willard) GOODRICH, 
b. 7 Sep 1926, Surry Co., d. 18 Mar 2016, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 21 Mar 2016, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 20, 2016 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her parents are buried in Waverly Cemetery. 

Her husband's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, May 2010) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/g362w4ob.txt 


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