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EWING Lafayette Goff

EWING Lafayette Goff

Male 1911 - 2006  (94 years)

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  • Name EWING Lafayette Goff 
    Birth 14 Sep 1911  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2006 
    Burial Y  [2] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Ida Clementine Smith,   b. 17 Jan 1885, Olivehill, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1951, Scotts Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I212  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father WILLIAM "Willie" Lewis Goff,   b. Nov 1878, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1973, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Ida Clementine Smith,   b. 17 Jan 1885, Olivehill, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1951, Scotts Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1903  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Family ID F132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jewel Hazel Eason,   b. 10 Nov 1910   d. 3 Mar 1994 (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1931  Corinth, Adams, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Kaye Goff
     2. Ewing Elco Goff,   b. Abt 1934, Scotts Hill, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 2010, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. William Cleo Goff,   b. 31 Dec 1935   d. 27 Jan 1953 (Age 17 years)
     4. Jerry Eason Goff
     5. Linda Faye Goff
    Family ID F121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • more on family in James Edward Goff's records

      http://www.decaturcountyonline.com/obituaries.asp?sobit=185&obitarchive=yes also on http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/decatur/obitG.html
      Mr. Ewing Goff,

      A celebration of Mr. Ewing Lafayette Goff will be conducted on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 10 AM from the South Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons with Rev. Carl McKellar officiating. The committal service will be held at 2:00 PM at Scotts Hill First Pentecostal Church Cemetery.

      Mr. Goff, age 94, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 28, 2006. Mr. Goff, who had been declining in health for several months, passed away at home with his children and relatives present.

      Mr. Goff lived in the Jackson area since 1951. He was born on September 14, 1911, in Scotts Hill, TN., the son of the late William and Ida Smith Goff. Mr. Goff was the last surviving member of the 1929 Scotts Hill High School state championship basketball team. He was a devoted member of the Bemis Pentecostal Church.

      Mr. Goff was a production supervisor at the Milan Arsenal for many years, including the World War II and Korean War era. He was also in the timber industry as well as being an active farmer and gardener.

      Mr. Goff was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Jewell Hazel Eason Goff and his son, William Cleo Goff. He is survived by four children, Ewing Elco Goff, Linda (Bill) Farmer all of Jackson, Kaye (Pat) Roberson of Helena, AR., and Jerry Eason (Carole) Goff of Nashville. Other survivors include seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

      Grandsons, George, Jerry II, Jonathan and Jeff Goff, Patrick, Jon and Chris Roberson, will serve as pallbearers. Members of the usher staff and the Men's Bible Class of Bemis Pentecostal Church will serve as honorary pallbearers.

      Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 5:00 until 8:00 PM.

      In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorials be directed to the Bemis Pentecostal Church Building fund.

      George A. Smith and Sons South Chapel 731-427-5555

      As reported in The Jackson Sun: 01/31/2006

  • Sources 
    1. [S112] Goff, James Edward.

    2. [S147] Pentecostal Church Cem. (Temple Cem.) Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN.

    3. [S143] Tombstone Inscription.

    4. [S109] Early Marriage Records (1869-1921) of Decatur County, Tennessee, p. 34.

    5. [S116] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.