Charles Alexander Goodman

Charles Alexander Goodman

• Charles Alexander Goodman was born on 21 March 1886 in Texas.
• He married Wyatt Brown, daughter of Mary J. (?).
• Charles Alexander Goodman and Wyatt Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Grimes County, Texas, at Highway 106. Other members of the household included Mildred Essen Goodman. Also in the household were children James Richard (age 15), Charles D. (10), Robert P. (7) and Laurence P. (5.)
• He was a farm laborer, according to the 1940 census.
• Charles Alexander Goodman died on 10 October 1965 at age 79 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• His wife Wyatt Brown became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 14 October 1965 in The Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Charles A. Goodman, age 79, a long-time resident of Navasota, were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, from the chapel of the Lindley-Robertson Funeral Home of Navasota.
        The Rev. Raymond Drews, pastor of the Memorial Baptist Church of Navasota, officiated. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery.
       Mr. Goodman passed away at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Grimes Memorial Convelescent Home in Navasota. He has been a Navasota resident for the past 47 years.
       Mr. Goodman was born March 21, 1886 in Bowie County, the son of Julia Miller and George Robert Goodman.
        He was a member of the Memorial Baptist Church and the H. L. Stewart Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F. He was a retired carpenter at the time of his death.
        Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Charles A. Goodman of Navasota; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Wyatt Xzinasi of Beaumont and Mrs. Mildred Beasley [sic] of Scott, La; four sons, Richard Goodman of Navasota, Charles D. Goodman of Columbus, Robert Goodman of Vidor and Philip Goodman of Beaumont; one sister, Mrs. S. P. Williams of Farmington, New Meico; along with 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
       Pallbearers were Paul Scrivener, Lee G. Scrivener, John F. Thomas, O. V. Brooks, W. E. Gibson and Robert Davis, all of Navasota.

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