FORT WORTH -- Charles Homes "Judy" Gooding Jr., 82, passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004.
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Chapel. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Memorials: Vitas Hospice of Baylor All-Saints Hospital or a charity of choice.
Judy Gooding was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Denison. He graduated from Gladewater High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he studied business administration. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he joined the Army Air Corps and received training in Harlingen and Oklahoma to pilot B-24 bombers during World War II. During his training he married his sweetheart, E. Lou Mings.
Following the war, Judy and his family returned to Gilmer, where he began his career with State Reserve Life Insurance Company. In 1955, he was transferred to Fort Worth, where he established a thriving business and a loving home. He and E. Lou raised three daughters and together they shared their gifts of love and laughter with all who knew them. They were charter members of Diamond Oaks Country Club, where they made many lifelong friends who shared their passion for golf. Judy and E. Lou were married for 56 years until her death in 1998.
He was also a member of Fort Worth Elks Club and enjoyed camaraderie and fellowship with his friends there until shortly before his death. He married Maxine Ramick in 2001 and they made their home in Haltom City, blending their two adult families with the joy and grace that was reflected in their lives together. Judy's loving heart, outrageous wit and mischievous spirit drew people to him whatever his location or circumstance.
Survivors: Wife, Maxine Ramick Gooding; daughters, Gay Johnson and husband, John, of North Richland Hills, Anne Lewis and husband, Bill, of Denver, Colo., and Peggy Dietz of Fort Worth; stepson, Scott Ramick of Abilene; sister, Ina Ericson and husband, Dick, of Dallas. He was the loving and doting grandfather of Jennifer Huie and husband, Jack, of North Richland Hills, Charles Johnson and wife, Letitia, of Bedford, Travis Dougherty and wife, Sharon, of Portland, Ore., Austin Lewis of Denver, Colo., and Diane Dietz of Fort Worth; stepgrandchildren, Courtney Bolding of Abilene and Amanda Barbee of Burleson. And he loved and spoiled eight great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., (817) 831-0511
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Chapel. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Memorials: Vitas Hospice of Baylor All-Saints Hospital or a charity of choice.
Judy Gooding was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Denison. He graduated from Gladewater High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he studied business administration. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he joined the Army Air Corps and received training in Harlingen and Oklahoma to pilot B-24 bombers during World War II. During his training he married his sweetheart, E. Lou Mings.
Following the war, Judy and his family returned to Gilmer, where he began his career with State Reserve Life Insurance Company. In 1955, he was transferred to Fort Worth, where he established a thriving business and a loving home. He and E. Lou raised three daughters and together they shared their gifts of love and laughter with all who knew them. They were charter members of Diamond Oaks Country Club, where they made many lifelong friends who shared their passion for golf. Judy and E. Lou were married for 56 years until her death in 1998.
He was also a member of Fort Worth Elks Club and enjoyed camaraderie and fellowship with his friends there until shortly before his death. He married Maxine Ramick in 2001 and they made their home in Haltom City, blending their two adult families with the joy and grace that was reflected in their lives together. Judy's loving heart, outrageous wit and mischievous spirit drew people to him whatever his location or circumstance.
Survivors: Wife, Maxine Ramick Gooding; daughters, Gay Johnson and husband, John, of North Richland Hills, Anne Lewis and husband, Bill, of Denver, Colo., and Peggy Dietz of Fort Worth; stepson, Scott Ramick of Abilene; sister, Ina Ericson and husband, Dick, of Dallas. He was the loving and doting grandfather of Jennifer Huie and husband, Jack, of North Richland Hills, Charles Johnson and wife, Letitia, of Bedford, Travis Dougherty and wife, Sharon, of Portland, Ore., Austin Lewis of Denver, Colo., and Diane Dietz of Fort Worth; stepgrandchildren, Courtney Bolding of Abilene and Amanda Barbee of Burleson. And he loved and spoiled eight great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., (817) 831-0511
FORT WORTH -- Charles Homes "Judy" Gooding Jr., 82, passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004.
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Chapel. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Memorials: Vitas Hospice of Baylor All-Saints Hospital or a charity of choice.
Judy Gooding was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Denison. He graduated from Gladewater High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he studied business administration. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he joined the Army Air Corps and received training in Harlingen and Oklahoma to pilot B-24 bombers during World War II. During his training he married his sweetheart, E. Lou Mings.
Following the war, Judy and his family returned to Gilmer, where he began his career with State Reserve Life Insurance Company. In 1955, he was transferred to Fort Worth, where he established a thriving business and a loving home. He and E. Lou raised three daughters and together they shared their gifts of love and laughter with all who knew them. They were charter members of Diamond Oaks Country Club, where they made many lifelong friends who shared their passion for golf. Judy and E. Lou were married for 56 years until her death in 1998.
He was also a member of Fort Worth Elks Club and enjoyed camaraderie and fellowship with his friends there until shortly before his death. He married Maxine Ramick in 2001 and they made their home in Haltom City, blending their two adult families with the joy and grace that was reflected in their lives together. Judy's loving heart, outrageous wit and mischievous spirit drew people to him whatever his location or circumstance.
Survivors: Wife, Maxine Ramick Gooding; daughters, Gay Johnson and husband, John, of North Richland Hills, Anne Lewis and husband, Bill, of Denver, Colo., and Peggy Dietz of Fort Worth; stepson, Scott Ramick of Abilene; sister, Ina Ericson and husband, Dick, of Dallas. He was the loving and doting grandfather of Jennifer Huie and husband, Jack, of North Richland Hills, Charles Johnson and wife, Letitia, of Bedford, Travis Dougherty and wife, Sharon, of Portland, Ore., Austin Lewis of Denver, Colo., and Diane Dietz of Fort Worth; stepgrandchildren, Courtney Bolding of Abilene and Amanda Barbee of Burleson. And he loved and spoiled eight great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., (817) 831-0511
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Chapel. Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Memorials: Vitas Hospice of Baylor All-Saints Hospital or a charity of choice.
Judy Gooding was born Aug. 17, 1922, in Denison. He graduated from Gladewater High School and attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he studied business administration. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he joined the Army Air Corps and received training in Harlingen and Oklahoma to pilot B-24 bombers during World War II. During his training he married his sweetheart, E. Lou Mings.
Following the war, Judy and his family returned to Gilmer, where he began his career with State Reserve Life Insurance Company. In 1955, he was transferred to Fort Worth, where he established a thriving business and a loving home. He and E. Lou raised three daughters and together they shared their gifts of love and laughter with all who knew them. They were charter members of Diamond Oaks Country Club, where they made many lifelong friends who shared their passion for golf. Judy and E. Lou were married for 56 years until her death in 1998.
He was also a member of Fort Worth Elks Club and enjoyed camaraderie and fellowship with his friends there until shortly before his death. He married Maxine Ramick in 2001 and they made their home in Haltom City, blending their two adult families with the joy and grace that was reflected in their lives together. Judy's loving heart, outrageous wit and mischievous spirit drew people to him whatever his location or circumstance.
Survivors: Wife, Maxine Ramick Gooding; daughters, Gay Johnson and husband, John, of North Richland Hills, Anne Lewis and husband, Bill, of Denver, Colo., and Peggy Dietz of Fort Worth; stepson, Scott Ramick of Abilene; sister, Ina Ericson and husband, Dick, of Dallas. He was the loving and doting grandfather of Jennifer Huie and husband, Jack, of North Richland Hills, Charles Johnson and wife, Letitia, of Bedford, Travis Dougherty and wife, Sharon, of Portland, Ore., Austin Lewis of Denver, Colo., and Diane Dietz of Fort Worth; stepgrandchildren, Courtney Bolding of Abilene and Amanda Barbee of Burleson. And he loved and spoiled eight great-grandchildren.
Mount Olivet Funeral Home
2301 N. Sylvania Ave., (817) 831-0511
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