Lucille Woodard Gooch
6/12/2015

Lucille Woodard Gooch, age 85, passed away June 12, 2015 at her home surrounded by family. She was born April 24, 1930 in Water Valley, MS to the late Scurlock Woodard and Callie Smalley Caldwell. She accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of Union Hill CME Church in Water Valley, MS. Lucille was a devoted mother and grandmother who had enjoyed life to the fullest.

Visitation will be held Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. Funeral services will follow the visitation at 1:00 p.m. in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks, with Pastor Antonio Kimball officiating. Burial will be in the Union Hill CME Cemetery, with Jermaine Gooch, Tracy Townsend, Ken Mix, Michael Gooch and Temiko Marshall serving as pallbearers.

Lucille was married to the late James H. Gooch, and to this union twelve children were born: eight daughters; Annie R. Cade, Ella Gooch, Emma Faye Gooch, Edna White, Charlene Cade, Ora Gooch, Brenda Jacobs, and Vanessa Gooch. Four sons; James B. Gooch, Mark A. Gooch, Marco D. Gooch, and Kenneth G. Gooch; and a devoted grandson, Christopher Gooch. She is also survived by six sisters, Deolar W. Johnson, Annie E. White, Lovenia Willingham, Zenobia Campbell, Catherine Sims and Martha Cruthird; two brothers, Raul Clay Caldwell and J.W. Caldwell; twenty-one grandchildren; a host of great grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Gooch and her granddaughter, Jamie L. Jacobs.
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Seven Oaks Funeral Home
12760 Highway 32
P. O. Box 367
Water Valley, MS USA 38965
662-473-2363