MARTHA JEAN PARKS GOODMAN

Funeral for Martha Jean Parks Goodman, 74, of Rusk was at 2 p.m., Saturday in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Rob Godwin officiating. Burial will be at later date in the Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Goodman died June 4. She was born July 9, 1933 in Houston to the late Sol and Helen Altman Parks. She was a resident of Rusk for 11 years and formerly resided in Texarkana, Tex. and Galveston.

Mrs. Goodman was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Galveston. She received a B.A. degree in Home Economics from the University of Texas and was personnel director for many years at Jack Tar Hotels in Galveston. She taught home economics at Ball High School in Galveston for three years and taught at Galveston College under the Hilton Hotel Restaurant Management Program. Mrs. Goodman was a volunteer for Galveston Historical Foundation and Singletary Memorial Library in Rusk.

She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Dr. John W. Goodman of Rusk; son, John Parks Goodman of Denton; daughter and son-in-law, Martha Elizabeth and Jackie Neff of Galveston; brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Bonnie Parks of Livingston; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Wally Burbridge of Richardson and Sue and Ed Lilly of Lampasas; three grandchildren, Katye, Karen and Paula; great-grandson, Kyoto Berhane; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Singletary Memorial Library, 207 East Sixth St., Rusk 75785, Galveston Historical Foundation, 502 Twentieth St., Galveston 77550, or Rosenberg Public Library in Galveston, 2310 Sealy St., Galveston 77550.

June 11, 2008

Information from The Cherokeean Herald