Mary Lee Segler Goodman
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Date: Jul 19 2012 4:12 PM
> Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home, Cemetery and Crematory
> 2414 Hartford Highway
> Dothan, Alabama 36305
> 334-792-4194
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> Mary Lee Segler Goodman of Ashford died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at
> her residence. She was 86.
> Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday, July 21, 2012, at
> Bluff Springs Baptist Church with Reverends Bobby Anderson and Dennis
> Singletary officiating. Burial will follow in Ashford City Cemetery
> with Ward Wilson Funeral Home directing.
> The family will be receiving friends at the church from 1 to 2 P.M.
> Saturday, July 21, 2012, one hour prior to the service.
> Mrs. Goodman was born January 22, 1926, in Mexia, Texas, the daughter
> of the late William Judson Segler and Sabie Murphy Segler.
> Mrs. Goodman moved to Panama City, FL from Texas at the early age of
> fourteen. She attended Bay County High School and after graduation,
> she moved to Dothan, Al; where she enrolled in the Moody Hospital
> School of Nursing. She graduated in 1947 as a Registered Nurse.
> In September of 1947, she married James W. Goodman and they moved to
> Ashford in 1949. She begin working for the late Dr. Manley L. Cummins,
> Jr. in Ashford and worked for him for twenty two years until his
> death. She worked at Southeast Alabama Medical Center for a period of
> her career and also for Dr. Gordon Atkinson at Southern Clinic until
> her retirement in 1988. She had a total of forty-four years of
> nursing.
> Mrs. Goodman was a member of Bluff Springs Baptist Church in Ashford
> where she was a faithful member of the Ma Addison Sunday School Class
> and also a member of the Golden Achievers.
> She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James W.
> Goodman, a great-granddaughter, Rylee Goodman and her sister, Myrle
> Jean Adams.
> Survivors include her son, Michael W. Goodman and wife, Peggy of
> Dothan, Al., her daughter, Kathy Jordan and husband, Larry of Tifton,
> Ga. Her grandson, Chad Goodman and wife Melissa of Austin, Tx; and
> granddaughter, Molly Bevan and husband Craig of Tifton, Ga;
> great-grandchildren, Patrick Goodman, of Texas; Jennifer Wagnor
> (Kevin), Heather Goldsbourough (Greg), and Justi Bozeman, Jack, Cason,
> and Ben Bevan of Tifton, several step-grandchildren and
> step-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother-in-law,
> Winfred Adams of Birmingham, Al. and a sister-in-law, Ruth Holt of
> Brewton, Al; several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
> A special thanks to her special friends, Tommy and Linda Fondren, Dot
> O. Margie, Dot B. and Bessie South. Her caregiver, Annie and others
> from Complete Caregivers. Also a special thanks to Covenant Hospice
> fro their kindness and caring during Mothers sickness. Flowers will be
> accepted or contributions may be made in her memory to Bluff Springs
> Baptist Church, 1990 Bluff Springs Rd, Ashford, AL 36312 or to
> Covenant Hospice, Dothan, Al.
> Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Ma Addison Sunday School
> Class.
>
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