Obituary Record
Goodwin, John M. Sr. - July 31, 1998
John M. Goodwin, Sr., 75, of Bay St. Louis, died Friday, July 31, 1998, in Bay St. Louis.
Mr. Goodwin was a retired longshoreman and a native of Jonesboro, La. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay St. Louis.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Eleanor Adel Adolph Goodwin; his second wife, Minnie Lou Geiger Goodwin; his parents, Orvin Gordie and Tommie Leona Watson Goodwin; and a brother, Herman E. Goodwin.
Survivors include two sons, John Milan Goodwin II of Winter Park, Fla., and Sherwin Williams Goodwin of Bay St. Louis; a brother, Orvin Gordie Goodwin Jr. Of Shreveport, La; three sisters, Miron Wilma Goodwin Cox of Shreveport, Helen Leona Goodwin Hebert of Jeanerette, La., and Olga Louise Goodwin Smith of Detroit, Mich.; and two granddaughters.
Services were conducted Sunday at Riemann Funeral Home chapel in Bay St. Louis. Burial was in Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
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