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WILLIAM "Willie" Lewis Goff

WILLIAM "Willie" Lewis Goff[1, 2]

Male 1878 - 1973  (94 years)

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  • Name WILLIAM "Willie" Lewis Goff  [3] 
    Birth Nov 1878  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 May 1973  Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial Y  [6] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    FatherB,   b. 1765   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    MARY Ellen Holmes,   b. 28 Jul 1853   d. 13 Jan 1904  (Age 50 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I231  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father EDMUND Alexander Goff,   b. 19 Sep 1856, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1903 (Age 47 years) 
    Mother MARY Ellen Holmes,   b. 28 Jul 1853   d. 13 Jan 1904 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1878  Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Family ID F175  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Lonnie Edward Goff,   b. 5 Nov 1905   d. 16 Feb 1906 (Age 0 years)
     2. Hubert Liblon Goff,   b. 23 Jan 1907, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1986, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    ▻ Fairy Lucinda Middleton  m. 22 Feb 1942;   Jewell Nannie Kelley  m. 13 Aug 1930
     3. EWING Lafayette Goff,   b. 14 Sep 1911, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2006 (Age 94 years)
    ▻ Jewel Hazel Eason  m. 20 Sep 1931
     4. Mary Ethel Goff,   b. 27 Apr 1917, Scotts Hill, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1991, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    ▻ Loyal Henry Green  m. 24 Mar 1941
    Family ID F132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • From James (Ed) Edward GOFF:
      "William Lewis GOFF was usually called Uncle Willie but Pa GOFF to his grandchildren. He lived across the road from the Pentecostal Church also called the Temple. Uncle Willie was the person who had the stove burning and the church warm before services, closed the building after services, kept it clean and was there for every service. Part of the property used by the church was on land that Uncle Willie owned." Per William F. White, the cabin is on Hwy 114 in Scotts Hill
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      Soc. Sec. Death Index WILLIAM GOFF
      SSN 411-60-2915 Residence: 38374 Scotts Hill, Decatur, TN
      Born 26 Nov 1878 Last Benefit:
      Died May 1973 Issued: TN (1955)

      1920 Decatur Co., TN Roll: T625_1737
      Page: 6A , ED: 66 , Image: 0175 , image 11 of 20, Dist 10, ED #66

      1930 TN, Decatur Co., TN, Dist. 10, Dist. 13, Image 1/14 on Ancestry.com
      Willie L. GOFF, age 51, first married at 25, b. TN, father b. MS, mother b. TN, farmer
      Ida, wife, age 45, first married at 19, everyone b. TN
      Hubert L., son, 21, farmer
      Ewing L., son, 18, farmer
      Martha Ethel, dau., 12

      Death Index says he was born and died in Decatur Co., TN

      http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/decatur/obitG.html
      WILLIAM LEWIS GOFF
      - Services for William Lewis Goff were Tuesday at the Scotts Hill Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Cleo Kelly and the Rev. Gordon Jackson officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Goff, 94, died Sunday night at the Decatur County Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and had lived in Scotts Hill all his life. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church. He leaves two sons, Hubert Goff of Scotts Hill and Ewing Goff of Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Green of Memphis; a brother, Lester Goff of Scotts Hill; eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
      Contributed by Amanda Jowers - The Lexington Progress, May 30, 1973

  • Sources 
    1. [S114] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

    2. [S24] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: 1566; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0025.

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

    4. [S13] 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 11, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: T623_1566; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 25.
      Record for Edward Goff

    5. [S19] Social Security Death Index.

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

    7. [S112] Goff, James Edward.

    8. [S143] Tombstone Inscription.

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