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Thomas David Goodner

24 Nov 1934 – 29 Apr 2012

Birth24 Nov 1934
Death29 Apr 2012
CemeteryDuncan Municipal Cemetery
Duncan , Stephens County , Oklahoma , USA
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THOMAS DAVID GOODNER was born November 24, 1934, at Maysville, Oklahoma, and passed away April 29, 2012, in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 77. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4, 2012, at the First Christian Church in Duncan, officiated by Rev. Arnold Nelson and assisted by George Sherrill. Interment will follow at Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Tom was a graduate of Duncan High School in 1953, and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, obtaining his BBA in 1958. He was owner of Goodner's Supermarkets and Goodner's Steakhouse for 54 years. He has been a successful grocer and business man in Duncan his entire life. Some of his business activities include Past President, National Retail Grocers Association, 1998-99, Past Director, National Retail Grocers Association, 1995-98, and Chairman of the Board of Farm Fresh Industries. He was co-founder of Farm Fresh Dairies in 1973, Past President, Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, 1984-85, Past Director, Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association for numerous terms, owner of seven grocery stores, including Buy for Less Stores in Oklahoma City and Norman employing several hundred individuals, co-owner of Elk Plaza Shopping Center in Duncan, and co-owner of Duncan Carmike Theater. Tom has been an active supporter in almost all activities to further the Duncan community. He was involved with the Chamber of Commerce Lighting the Trail, the downtown sidewalk project, Senior Citizens Van project, Annual Black Heritage activities, a longtime member of the Duncan Chamber of Commerce and major supporter of the efforts by the Duncan Chamber of Commerce to attract new industry to Duncan, a major supporter of efforts to erect a statue in Fuqua Park honoring Erle P. Halliburton, and Past Director of the Duncan Power Shop. At the state level, he was Past Director of Southern Oklahoma Development Authority and was currently serving as a member of Governor Frank Keating's Business Advisory Council. At the national level, at the request of Senator Don Nickles, he testified before the Senate Finance Committee concerning revision of inheritance tax laws for small businesses. Tom was actively involved with the Duncan Public School system as a sponsor of the Charitable Golf Tournament in 1999 and 2000, raising over $40,000 in unrestricted funds for use by the schools. He was a major supporter of Duncan High School Athletics, provided nationally recognized motivational speaker, Denis Waitly, as Duncan High School commencement speaker in 1986, furnished floral arrangements to Duncan High School for graduation exercises and for the Junior/Senior Prom, was a major supporter of Duncan High School Project Graduation, provided food and refreshments to the football team during two-a-day drills, and has provided college educational support for numerous students. As for his contributions to the University of Oklahoma College of Business, he was responsible for the refurbishing of the marketing conference room at Adams Hall, served on the Board of Advisors of the University of Oklahoma College of Business Administration, and was a founding member of the Alumni Council. He was sponsor of the OU College of Business Administration Alumni Counsel reception held in Dallas during the OU/Texas weekend, and was sponsor of the OU College of Business Administration Alumni Counsel reception held in Duncan. He was also a financial supporter of the OU Athletic Department and OU Band. He was President of the Alumni Counsel of Sigma Phi Epsilon when a new fraternity house was constructed at OU, and a four-year scholarship to a deserving Duncan student who was pursuing a music career at OU. He was the recipient of the Duncan High School Super Booster Award, inducted into DHS Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991, was recipient of the National Grocer's Association "Spirit of America" Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the Retail Grocers of America, and was the recipient of the Duncan Chamber of Commerce Free Enterprise Award in 1983, the University of Oklahoma Regent's Alumni Award in 1993, the Stephens County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award in 1998, and Fleming Food's Progressive Grocers Honor Roll Award in 1998. He has been nominated for the Duncan Education Hall of Fame. He was married to Sara Ann Pribyl, who preceded him in death in 1985. He then married Linda Ann Chandler on November 4, 1988, in Duncan. Survivors include his wife, Linda of the home; three children, Jerry Dale and Daphne Goodson, Duncan, Robert David and Jennifer Goodner, Norman, Dena Marie and Kevin Light, Coppell, Texas; six grandchildren, Thomas David Strong, Audrey Marie Goodson, Emma Caroline Strong, Charles Thomas Goodner, Graham Tarelton Goodson and Max Brennan Goodner; a brother, Bobby Ray and Cindy Goodner, Duncan; three sisters, Virginia Newman, Houston, Texas, Bonnie Fowler and Wylie Rice, Oklahoma City, Julie and Bill Sorenson, Edmond, Oklahoma; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Roy D. and Emma B. Palmer Goodner. Pall bearers will be Grant Goodner, Jim Zellner, Matthew Zellner, Brian Schmidt, Brent Dobbs and Roby Kelley. Honorary bearers will be George Sherrill, Bill Bishop, Charles Boyd, C.H. Barnes, Fallis Beall and Chuck Hill. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3555 NW 58th St., Suite 220 in Oklahoma City, OK 73112, or to Women's Haven, PO Box 555, Duncan, OK 73534. Online condolences may be made to www.granthamfuneralhomes.com

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