Eugenia W. Goodman

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Eugenia W. &uot;Jean&uot; Goodman of the 2200 block of Arizona Avenue, Suffolk died Monday, Jan. 20, 2003, in Obici Hospital.

A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of the late Eugene and Hannah Brown Wellons Hill. She was also preceded in death by a son, James T. Turner, a great-grandson, Hunter G. Dorsey, and a brother Herman Lee Wellons.

She had retired as a school bus driver for the Suffolk Public School System.

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She was a member of Antioch United Church of Christ where she was a member of the Senior and Gospel choirs. She was a former organist at Antioch United Church, Gates of Heaven Church of God in Christ and Greater Sweet Beulah Holiness Church. She was a supporter of the Hampton Roads Buffalo Riders.

She is survived by her husband, William M. Goodman; two sons, Marvin L. Goodman and William Eugene Goodman, and his wife, Annette of Suffolk; a daughter, Sandra L. Whitney of Covington, Ga.; a granddaughter reared in the home, S. Marvette G. Ingram (Andre); one sister, Mary Wellons of Suffolk; two brothers, James Earl Wellons, and his wife, Jerrey, and Ret. Sgt. Major William R. Hill, and his wife, Sara, Lynn, all of Fayetteville, N.C.; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a daughter-in-law, Shirley Turner; three sisters-in-law, Martha Wellons, Virginia Rollins and Mary Jordan; two brothers-in-law, Samuel Goodman and the Rev. Roland Goodman; two aunts, Dorothy Holloman and Helen Goodman; nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in Antioch United Church of Christ by the Rev. Jarvis Jones, Pastor. Interment will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens.

The body will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. Friday.

Crocker Funeral Home is handling arrangements.