Madison County TN Obituaries BOBBY JOE GARNER - Services for Mr. Bobby Joe Garner were Monday, August 26, 2002 at Oakfield Baptist Church. Burial was in Ridgecrest Cemetery. Mr. Garner, age 65 died August 23, 2002 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He was a member of Northside Lion Clubwhere he served as President. He was alson a member of the National Guard for eleven years and a member of Oakfield Baptist Church. He leaves his wife, Janice Frizzell Garner, two daughters; Jo Garner of Memphis and Angela Garner Johnson of Jackson, two grandchildren, one sister Norma Jean Threadgill of Lexington, and a half brother Robert Garner of Jackson Arrington Funeral Directors was in charge of the services. Lexington Progress 8-28-2002 **Parents of Bobby Joe Garner are Elbert "Ebb" & Ludell (Pollock) Garner per Belinda Bowmans book at the Lexington Library ELSIE EDWARD GOFF , 78, 824 E. College died Saturday in Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis. He was a retired traffic superintendent for the Jackson Transit Authority, having retired in 1957. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. today from the Chapel of Griffin Funeral Home with Dr. Walter Warmath officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens. Mr. Goff was born in Scotts Hill, son of the late Edmund and Mary Holmes Goff and moved to Jackson in 1920. For a number of years he was traffic manager of the City Dept. and later drove the Bemis bus for 12 years for the JTA. A veteran of WW 1, Mr. Goff served as a first class fireman with the US Navy, making 22 trips across the Atlantic Ocean while in service. Survivors include his wife Ethel Kennedy Goff; two sons, Edward and Earl of Knoxville; two brothers Willie of Bemis and Lester of Scotts Hill; and seven grandchildren. The following pallbearers, requested to meet at the funeral home at 2:45, include H.D. Hester, Jerry Alexander, Tom Goff, Ewing Goff, Vernon Creasy, Loyd Creasy, Gerald Vaught and Franklin Stevens. The body will remain at the funeral home. Contributed by Kathy Gautney JOHN DAVID GOODMAN was born in Corinth MS Oct. 31, 1946, the son of Ethel Farris Goodman and the late James Wilbur Goodman. On August 3, 1968 Mr. Goodman was married to Glona Johnson who survives. Mr. Goodman began working for Abbott Labortories in 1968 as a salesman in Jackson. His 39 year creer included Account Executive, District Sales Manager and Senior District Sles Manager. He retired in September 2007. Mr. goodman was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Jackson and attended Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova TN. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and water activities on Pickwick Lake. He departed this life on Saturday April 19, 2008 at Baptist Hosptial in Memphis at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 18 days. In addition to his wife of40 years, Glona and mother Ethel, he is survived by his son, David Todd Goodman, O.D. and his wife Leah of Lexington, a sister Camille Goodman of Louisville KY; his twin brother Jim and wife Karen of Eads TN; an uncle, David of Memphis, his best friend and brother-in-law Larry Bain of Savannah TN; 5 nieces and 8 nephews. Services were Monday April 21, 2008 at Shackelford Funeral Home, Savannah with Ron Rowlett and Will Wells. Burial in Memory Gardens of Hardin County TN.