Donald Samuel Goodwin's Obituary
Funeral services for Donald Samuel Goodwin, 73, of Hicks, Louisiana will be held at 12:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Laurel Hill Baptist Church in LaCamp, Louisiana, with Revs. Sherman Busby officiating. Burial will follow in the Laurel Hill Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held at the church on Monday, March 19, 2012, from 2:00 P.M. until time of service Tuesday.
Mr. Goodwin, the son of Neal Franklin and Cassie Kirkpatrick Goodwin, was born July 29, 1938. He passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012 at his residence. He was a life long resident of the Hicks community and worked as a heavy equipment operator for the Vernon Parish Police Jury. A hard worker, he loved to hunt and fish in his spare time and loved being a daddy and grandfather. Mr. Goodwin was a member of Flactor Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lucy Goodwin, four sons, James Goodwin of Marksville, LA, Norman Goodwin and his wife, Mimi, of Hicks, LA, Phillip Goodwin and his wife, Dicey, of Pitkin, LA, and Terry Goodwin of Hicks, LA. He is also survived by 6 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and one sister, Melba Maddox of Hicks, LA.
Mr. Goodwin was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Terry Wayne Goodwin, a sister, Mavis Martin, and brother, Frank Goodwin.
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