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 1924 - 1999 (75 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | GOODRICH Cephus Edwin was born on 24 Apr 1924 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 12 Dec 1999 in Suffolk, VA (Louise Obici Hosp); was buried in Wakefield, VA (United Methodist Church). Other Events and Attributes:
- Military: ARMY AIR CORPS WW-II
- Nickname: Peter
- Name: Peter
- Occupation: Machinist/Georgia-Pacific
Notes:
Member Wakefield United methodist Church, the Wakefield Masonic Lodge No.
198, AF & AM.
Edwin Gurney Goodrich Plantation Peanut Company:
My father was Cephus Edwin (Peter) Goodrich (1924-1999). son of Cephus Gurney Goodrich (1893-1955). My wife Tammy and I own and operate Plantation Peanut Company in Wakefield. We operate out of the same building in Wakefield previously owned by my father and his father. The back part of this building was my grandfather's sheet metal shop. It was in conjunction with his sheet metal shop that my grandfather invented the Goodrich Peanut Digger. In addition, he made the weather vane that was atop the Suny Lumber Company. Presently the weather vane is the property of our family and is on loan to the Dendron Historical Society.
Another interesting connection between my family and the Suny Lumber company was our ancestral family home. My grandfather dismantle one of the "company houses" in Dendron, moved it to Wakefield. and reconstructed it on Church Street. It was a white weatherboard two-story home located adjacent to Tidewater Academy. This is where he and his wife. Leda Whitmore Goodrich (1893-1974), raised a family of two boys and two girls. During the past several years, the Academy purchased the home and had it torn down in the spring of 2005.
Buried:
Purviance Funeral Home
Cephus married HOLT Eleanor Paige on 6 Dec 1946. Eleanor was born on 8 Sep 1928; died on 15 Feb 1992; was buried in Wakefield, VA (United Methodist Church). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 3. |  GOODRICH Edwin Gurney  (1.Cephus1) was born on 20 Aug 1952. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Wakefield Township, Sussex County, VA; Owner, Plantation Peanut Company
Notes:
Edwin Gurney Goodrich Plantation Peanut Company:
My father was Cephus Edwin (Peter) Goodrich (1924-1999). son of Cephus Gurney Goodrich (1893-1955). My wife Tammy and I own and operate Plantation Peanut Company in Wakefield. We operate out of the same building in Wakefield previously owned by my father and his father. The back part of this building was my grandfather's sheet metal shop. It was in conjunction with his sheet metal shop that my grandfather invented the Goodrich Puanut Digger. In addition, he made the weather vane that was atop the Suny Lumber Company. Presently the weather vane is the property of our family and is on loan to the Dendron Historical Society.
Another interesting connection between my family and the Suny Lumber company was our ancestral family home. My grandfather dismantled one of the "company houses" in Dendron, moved it to Wakefield. and reconstructed it on Church Street. It was a white weatherboard two-story home located adjacent to Tidewater Academy. This is where he and his wife. Leda Whitmore Goodrich (1893-1974), raised a family of two boys and two girls. During the past several years, the Academy purchased the home and had it torn down in the spring of 2005.
Edwin married MONAHAN Tamara Anne on 10 Mar 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
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