GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Sr.

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• Occupation: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Farmer
• Reference Number: 306
• Religion: Methodist
• Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
• Military Service: 22 Sep 1917; US Army, Various locations, WW II

Notes:

Owned a service station on Rt.10 in Burrowsville (still there). He was robbed and tied up and gagged with a baseball cap in his mouth and dropped in a drainage ditch that ran into a creek across the road. He survived and stayed in business a couple of years before his health deteriorated and then died several years late; his lungs were weakened from the pneumonia suffered from the exposure in the ditch.

ACCORDING TO HIS SON, WILLIE JR. , HE WAS BORN IN THE CARSLEY SECTION OF SURRY COUNTY.

Census:
1910 United States Federal Census
about Jefferson D Goodrich
Name:Jefferson D Goodrich          
Age in 1910:49          
Birth Year:1861          
Birthplace:Virginia          
Home in 1910:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
Race:White          
Gender:Male          
Relation to Head of House:Head [Self (Head)]          
Marital Status:Married          
Spouse's Name:Lottie Goodrich          
Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
Household Members:NameAge               
Jefferson D Goodrich 49               
Lottie Goodrich 30               
Willie Goodrich 14               
Mirtie Goodrich 11               
Florce Goodrich 6               
Reuth Goodrich 1 6/12 [1               




Military Service:
Camp Lee and France. 80th Div, 318th Infantry, Co. H and was a PFC. Spent 8 months at Camp Lee and 12 months in France. Inducted at Surry Court House. He was in battle in the Argonne Forest (7/28/1918). He was discharged from Camp Lee on Jun 4, 1919.

Willie married PRICE Virginia about 1930 in Washington, DC. Virginia (daughter of PRICE John Tobias and POND Eudora Dorothy) was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Elberon, Surry, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Mar 2009 in Hopewell, VA; was buried in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 316
• Milit-Beg: 1950, Ft. Gordon, GA
• Education: Abt 1953, Richmond, Virginia, USA
• Illness: 25 Jan 2005; Cancer

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WILLIE GOODRICH JR. Willie Benjamin Goodrich Jr. died on Jan. 24, 2005, after a long struggle with cancer. Willie was born on March 15, 1933, in Burrowsville. He was a graduate of the Disputanta High School, class of 1950. He served as a company clerk in the United States Army at Fort Gordon, Ga. Following his service in the Army, he attended Smith Deal Massey Business School in Richmond. He was employed as an accountant for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. in Hopewell for 40 years until his retirement in 1995. Willie Jr. was a charter member of the Burrowsville Volunteer Fire Department, past treasurer and charter member of Burrowsville Ruritan Club, past treasurer and lifetime member of Martins Brandon Episcopal Church. During his years in the service, Willie Jr. met Charles Terry from Alabama. Willie Jr. and Terry remained close friends throughout his life. In his spare time, Willie Jr. enjoyed traveling to NASCAR races with his son and good friends, Leroy, Tom and Chuck of Tidewater. He also enjoyed his designation as the Burrowsville community grass cutter for many years. He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Benjamin Goodrich Sr. of Burrowsville. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Barbara Riddle Goodrich; a daughter, Kimberly J. Goodrich; a son, Willie Benjamin Goodrich III; and his mother, Virginia Price Goodrich, 95, all of Burrowsville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at Martins Brandon Episcopal Church, 18706 James River Drive, Burrowsville, with the Rev. Macon B. Walton, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Brandon Church Restoration Fund in his memory. Donations may be forwarded in care of Wanda G. Temple, treasurer, 2410 Liverman Drive, Hopewell, VA 23860.

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Cancer

US Army

Willie married RIDDLE Barbara ?? about 1959. Barbara was born on 11 Nov 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 319

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• Reference Number: 318
• Alt. Birth: 5 Jun 1961