Charles Kenneth "Keny" Goodwin Obituary - Water Valley MS

Charles Kenneth "Keny" Goodwin, 72, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 in Oxford, MS. He was born in Water Valley, MS and later moved to Holly Springs where he attended high school and made many lifelong friends. Keny played football at Northwest Community College, and graduated Ole Miss, later receiving a Master's Degree in Education. Known by so many as "Coach Goodwin" Keny had likely his greatest influence on young people during those years of coaching. He worked and lived in Senatobia, MS and became Assistant Director at the NWCC Oxford location. Later he served as Superintendent of the Water Valley School District many years before retiring from a passionate career in education.

His summers were spent working numerous jobs including Park Ranger at Sardis Lake and area convenience stores and bait shops, always meeting new people and making great friends. Later, his summers included little league games with his grandchildren, as he loved all sports including high school games and Ole Miss sports. He was an avid fisherman with plenty of tales to go with his favorite leisure activity. He was a former member of Rotary Club, Mississippi Association of School Superintendents, and he was a member of Water Valley Church of Christ, where he served many years as treasurer. Keny was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

Services are planned for Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 2 pm in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. David Floyd officiating. Visitation will be from 12 noon until service time. Interment will take place at Oak Hill Cemetery with Bobby Schmitz, Larry Hart, Jerry Holt, Breck Brown, Jerry Beck, and Bob Norwood serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Holmes and Homer Spurgeon.

Survivors include his wife, Chryl French Goodwin of Water Valley, MS; two daughters, Kelly Cannon (Brad) of Calhoun City, MS and Elizabeth Potts (Derrick) of Water Valley, MS; one son, Chris Goodwin (Elizabeth) of Jackson, MS; his mother, Jackie Parks of Water Valley, MS; one sister, Lou White of Biloxi, MS; one brother, Sam Goodwin (Phyllis) of Water Valley, MS; and six grandchildren, Megan Cannon, Brandon Potts, Blake Potts, Charlie Goodwin, Eleanor Goodwin, and Henry Goodwin.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Thomas Goodwin.