Roosevelt Goodman

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Roosevelt Goodman died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at River Region Medical Center. He was 88.

Mr. Goodman retired from Anderson-Tully Co. He was a member and deacon at Shiloh M.B. Church and was a veteran of the Army, serving in World War II.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnson and Lizzie Beth Goodman; one sister, Roxanne Goodman; and five brothers, Jesse Goodman, Eugene Goodman, Robert Goodman, Bert Goodman and Johnson Goodman Jr.

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Survivors include his wife, Martha Lee Goodman of Vicksburg; one son, James Lee Goodman Sr. of Vicksburg; and one daughter, Leola Goodman-Billinger of Compton, Calif.

W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.