 1913 - 2005 (92 years)
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| Name |
GOODRICH Ernest Whitmore [1, 2] |
| Born |
7 May 1913 |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
1931 |
Dendron, Surry County VA [2] |
| Dendron High School |
- He was a 1931 graduate of Dendron High School where he was valedictorian
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| Education |
1935 |
Williamsburg, VA [2] |
| College of William and Mary |
- and a graduate of The College of William and Mary in 1935 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, and President of the Phoenix Literary Society. Upon graduation he was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award
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| Court |
1939 to 1975 |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2] |
| Surry County Commonwealth's Atty |
- Mr. Goodrich was the Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney from 1939 until 1975. He had served on the Executive Committee of the Virginia State Bar and as President of the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys Association.
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| Education |
1938-1946 |
Washington, DC (George Washington University) [2] |
| Master of Laws |
- He obtained his law degree in 1938 and a Master of Laws in 1946 from George Washington University.
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| Military |
1935-1946 [2, 4] |
| Lieutenant, US Navy |
| Death |
11 May 2005 |
Williamsburg, VA [2, 4] |
- ERNEST W. GOODRICH
Ernest Whitmore Goodrich, a resident of Surry, Va., died Wednesday, May 11, 2005, in Williamsburg, Va. Born in Surry County in 1913, he was the son of the late Benjamin Joseph Goodrich and Maude Whitmore Goodrich. He was a 1931 graduate of Dendron High School where he was valedictorian, and a graduate of The College of William and Mary in 1935, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, and President of the Phoenix Literary Society. Upon graduation he was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.
He obtained his law degree in 1938, and a Master of Laws in 1946 from George Washington University. From 1935 to 1946, he served with the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Navy in World War II, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Mr. Goodrich was the Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney from 1939 until 1975. He had served on the Executive Committee of the Virginia State Bar and as President of the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys Association.
He was Chairman of the Virginia Highway Safety Transportation Board, member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and was aide-de-camp to six Governors. He served as Rector of the College of William and Mary, served on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association for the College, served as President of the Law School Association, and was the recipient of the College's 1979 Alumni Medallion. An Ernest W. Goodrich Professorship of Law was established at the Law School in his honor and the Law School awarded him its Citizen-Lawyer Award in 1999. In 2002, the College granted him the degree of doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa.
Mr. Goodrich was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Sue Simmons Goodrich; and his sister, Lily Evelyn Goodrich. He is survived by two daughters, Pamela Goodrich Palmore and husband, Fred Wharton Palmore III of Richmond and Cynthia Goodrich Allred and husband, Eric Glenn Allred of Denver, Colo.; four grandchildren, Michael Goodrich Palmore and wife, Alicia Hart, of Atlanta, Ga., Elizabeth Camp Palmore of San Francisco, Calif., Seth Whitmore Allred and Timothy Camp Allred, both of Denver; and sister-in-law, Margaret Simmons Horton and her husband, Edward Vaughan Horton, of Princeton, W.Va.
A funeral service and Masonic rites will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2005, at Surry United Methodist Church, Surry, by the Rev. Ray Rowland and Surry Masonic Lodge #65, AF&AM. Immediately following the services the family will receive friends at a reception in the fellowship hall of the church. A brief graveside committal service will be held in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County, later Saturday afternoon.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to: The Endowment Association of The College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 1693, Williamsburg, VA 23187; The Surry United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 118, Surry, VA 23883; Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, c/o Mabel G. Johnson, 1629 Aberdeen Road, Wakefield, VA 23888; or to Tidewater Academy, Inc., P. O. Box 536, Wakefield, VA 23888.
Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is handling arrangements.
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| Lived(s) In |
Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2] |
| Grew up in " Little Surry" |
| Military |
Commander, Us Navy, Various locations in WW II [2] |
- U. S. Navy in World War II, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander
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| Died |
11 May 2005 |
Williamsburg, VA [2, 3] |
| Buried |
14 May 2005 |
Surry County, VA (Rocky Hock Methodist Church) [1] |
| Notes |
- Ernest was a 1931 graduate of Dendron High School where he was valedictorian and a graduate of The College of William & Mary in 1935 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. He obtained his degree in law in 1938 and Master of Laws in 1946 from George Washington University. From 1935 to 1946 he served with the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. Navy in World War II, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was the Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney from 1939 until 1975. He was aide-de-camp to six Governor's, and served as Rector of the College of William and Mary. An Ernest W. Goodrich Professorship of Law was established at the Law School in his honor and the Law School awarded him its Citizen-Lawyer Award in 1999. In 2002 the College granted him the degree of doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa.
He grew up on a small farm in "Little Surry" and had all kinds of fruit trees, including yellow and purple plums. He used to take 2 gal bucket full of the plums and sell them at the farmer's market in Dendron on Saturday afternoons. He sometimes sold the bucket for .50 and that would kep him in candy for a few weeks
Birth: 1913
Surry County
Virginia, USA Death: May. 11, 2005
Williamsburg
Williamsburg city
Virginia, USA
SURRY - Ernest Whitmore Goodrich, a resident of Surry, Va., died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in Williamsburg, Va. Born in Surry County in 1913, he was the son of the late Benjamin Joseph Goodrich and Maude Whitmore Goodrich. He was a 1931 graduate of Dendron High School where he was valedictorian and a graduate of The College of William and Mary in 1935 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, and President of the Phoenix Literary Society. Upon graduation he was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. He obtained his law degree in 1938 and a Master of Laws in 1946 from George Washington University. From 1935 to 1946 he served with the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. Navy in World War II, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Mr. Goodrich was the Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney from 1939 until 1975. He had served on the Executive Committee of the Virginia State Bar and as President of the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys Association. He was Chairman of the Virginia Highway Safety Transportation Board, member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and was aide-de-camp to six Governors. He served as Rector of the College of William and Mary, served on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association for the College, served as President of the Law School Association, and was the recipient of the College's 1979 Alumni Medallion. An Ernest W. Goodrich Professorship of Law was established at the Law School in his honor and the Law School awarded him its Citizen-Lawyer Award in 1999. In 2002 the College granted him the degree of doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa. Mr. Goodrich was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Sue Simmons Goodrich, and his sister, Lily Evelyn Goodrich. He is survived by two daughters, Pamela Goodrich Palmore and husband, Fred Wharton Palmore, III, Richmond; Cynthia Goodrich Allred and husband, Eric Glenn Allred, Denver, Colo.; four grandchildren, Michael Goodrich Palmore and wife, Alicia Hart of Atlanta, Ga.; Elizabeth Camp Palmore of San Francisco, Calif.; Seth Whitmore Allred and Timothy Camp Allred, both of Denver, Colo.,; and sister-in-law, Margaret Simmons Horton and her husband, Edward Vaughan Horton of Princeton, W.V. A funeral service and Masonic rites will be held at Surry United Methodist Church, Surry, at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2005 by the Rev. Ray Rowland and Surry Masonic Lodge # 65, AF&AM. Immediately following the services the family will receive friends at a reception in the fellowship hall of the church. A brief graveside committal service will be held in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery, Surry County, later Saturday afternoon. The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to: The Endowment Association of The College of William & Mary, P. O. Box 1693, Williamsburg VA 23187; The Surry United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 118, Surry VA 23883; Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, C/O Mabel G. Johnson, 1629 Aberdeen Road, Wakefield, VA 23888; or to Tidewater Academy, Inc. P. O. Box 536, Wakefield VA 23888. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is handling arrangements.
Obituary, Daily Press, May 13, 2005. Burial:
Rocky Hock Church Cemetery
Surry County
Virginia, USA
Record added: Aug 31 2005
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| Person ID |
I2006 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
6 Sep 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S200] Obituary from newspaper, Daily Press (Reliability: 3).
- [S923] A Taste of Dendron, Dendron Historical Society, (A colletion of Recipes and Memories of the people of the Dendron Area) (Reliability: 3).
- [S193] Tombstone (Reliability: 4).
- [S200] Obituary from newspaper (Reliability: 4).
- [S200] Obituary from newspaper (Reliability: 3).
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