Mary Eva Alexander

1922 - 2010  (87 years)

• Name	Mary Eva Alexander  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Oct 1922  [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Feb 2010	Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  Burial	Y  [4]
  Origins
  Person ID	I12192	1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	Selma Wylie Goff,   b. 9 Mar 1918, Tennessee, USA d. Nov 2009 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1940	Decatur, Tennessee, USA   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Kenneth Wylie Goff,   b. Abt 1944   d. 28 Jun 2021, Lexington, Tennessee (Age 77 years)   2. Eddie Gene Goff   3. Teresa Joy Goff,   b. 18 Sep 1954, Saltillo, Hardin, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Jul 1998, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F3644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  d/o Ernest Howard ALEXANDER, Sr. & Ada Ethel THOMPSON http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/henderson/obitG.html#bhg244 MARY EVA (ALEXANDER) GOFF - Services for Mary Goff were Sunday Feb. 14, 2010 in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home. Burial followed in Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Goff, 87, died Friday in Lexington. She was born Oct. 9, 1922 in Scotts Hill to he late Howard and Ada Ethel (Thompson) Alexander. She was a retired employee for the county extension office. Mrs. Goff was preceded by her husband, MR. Selma W. Goff, her daughter, Teresa Gaines and a great grandchild. Survivors include her two sons, Eddie Goff of Lexington and Kenneth Goff of Parsons, a brother Paul Alexander of Caruthersville MO; three sisters Margaret Figgins of Caruthersville MO, Evelyn Land of St. Louis IL and Gail McMilin of Portsville MO and seven grandchildren. Lexington Progress 17 Feb 2010 http://www.decaturcountyonline.com/obituaries.asp?sobit=895&obitarchive=yes Mary Goff Scotts Hill, Age 87 2/17/10 Mary E. Goff Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eva Goff, age 87, were held 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 14, 2010 in the chapel of Pafford Funeral Home with Bro. Donald Rhodes officiating. Burial followed in Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Goff passed away Friday in Lexington. She was born October 9, 1922 in Scotts Hill to the late Howard and Ada Ethel Thompson Alexander. She was a retired employee for the county extension office and a member of Sardis Church of Christ. Mrs. Goff was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Selma W. Goff; her daughter, Teresa Gaines; a great grandchild, Alissa Wright. Survivors include her two sons, Eddie Goff (Marsha) of Lexington and Kenneth Goff (Trissia) of Parsons; a brother, Paul Alexander of Caruthersville, MO; three sisters, Margaret Figgins of Caruthersville, MO, Evelyn Land of St. Louis, IL and Gail McMilin of Portsville, MO; seven grandchildren, Janet Wright (Jeff), Joel Goff (Kristal), Jeremy Goff (Brandi), Melissa Williams (Jim), Mark Goff (Kimberly), Daniel Gaines (Tiffany) and Jared Gaines; ten great grandchildren, Ben, Josh, Haley, Abigail, Alaina, Blake, Jordan, Easton, Madison and Brooks; two great-great grandchildren, Rylie and Tucker

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] 1930 United States Federal Census. Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.T626, 2,667 rolls. District 11, Decatur, Tennessee, ED 14, roll 2245, page , image 198.0. [S116] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. [S126] Gaines, John. [S61] Obituary. [S352] Decatur County Marriage Records, Decaturville, TN Vol. II, March 23, 1921-Dec 31 1992, p. 30.