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Owen Letcher Goodnight Sr

3 Apr 1892 – 16 Aug 1967

Birth	3 Apr 1892
Death	16 Aug 1967
Cemetery	Holland Cemetery Holland , Bell County , Texas , USA
Added by	Arthur Allen Moore III on 08 Apr 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6966425

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Father: Robert Henry GOODNIGHT b. 3 DEC 1846 in Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas Mother: Mary Mariah MOORE b. 27 NOV 1861 in Woodland, Randolph County, Alabama __________________ HOLLAND – Funeral for Owen L. Goodnight, 75, of Holland, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the first Methodist Church in Holland, the Rev. Jack Hopkins officiating. Burial will be at Holland Cemetery. Mr. Goodnight died about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday in a Bartlett nursing home after a long illness. Mr. Goodnight was born near Holland April 3, 1892, and had lived near Holland all his life. He was a farmer until his retirement about 10 years ago. He was a member of the first Methodist Church of Holland. Surviving are his four daughters, Mrs. David Walker of High Point, N.C., Mrs. Roy Ragsdale of Belton, Mrs. Hubert Nutt of Valley Mills and Mrs. Carolyn Simmons of Temple; four sons Ed Goodnight, of Bartlett and Dr. C. D. Goodnight, Melvin Goodnight and Wayne Goodnight, all of Holland; three sisters, Mrs. Eugene Fleece of Hillsboro and Mrs. Minnie Whitsett of Durant, Okla.; a brother, Charles Goodnight of Killeen; 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. His wife died in 1963 and a son, Owen Goodnight Jr., died in May 1967. Pallbearers will be Gus Whitlow, Glenn Latham, Bill Williams, Dell Liles, Charlie Starke, Joe Cooper, Gene Liles and Mike Carlisle. Memorials may be made to Bell County Chapter of the American Cancer Society in Temple. Goodnight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ______________________

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Family

Parents

• Robert Henry Goodnight 1846–1934
• Mary Mariah Moore Goodnight 1861–1931

Spouse

• Mary Lillian Duck Goodnight 1895–1963 FaG

Siblings

• James Henry "Jim" Goodnight 1871–1954 FaG
• John A. Goodnight 1873–1931 FaG
• Mary Elizabeth Goodnight Garrett 1875–1958 FaG
• Monroe Elmer Goodnight 1882–1946
• Minnie E Goodnight Whitsett 1887–1969
• Charles Christopher Goodnight Sr 1895–1978

Children

• Mildred Goodnight Walker 1915–2000 FaG
• Owen Letcher "Tuck" Goodnight Jr 1917–1967 FaG
• Virginia Lee Goodnight Ragsdale 1920–2010 FaG
• Edward Keaton "Ray" Goodnight 1923–2003 FaG
• Clyde Davis "Nip" Goodnight 1924–2002 FaG
• Louis Melvin Goodnight 1928–1970 FaG
• Mary Elizabeth "Bettye" Goodnight Nutt 1929–2011 FaG
• Carolyn Joyce Goodnight Richey 1931–1996 FaG
• Gilbert Wayne Goodnight 1933–2004 FaG

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