Wallace Goode, 74, of Tifton died Thursday, September 23, 2010, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, 2010, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jason Jones and Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Rod Griffin, William Oliver, Mike Johnston, Billy Barfield, Russ Griffin and Stanley Arrington will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of New River Baptist Church and members of the Seekers Sunday school class of New River Baptist Church. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 24, 2010, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Goode was born on July 12, 1936 in Tift County and was the son of Webb Goode and Emma Ruby Crumpton Goode, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Bryan Goode, who died on September 10, 2009. He was retired from the United States Postal Service and a member of New River Baptist Church. He had lived in Tift County all of his life.
Mr. Goode is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, David and Retha Goode of Tifton; one daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Mike Douglas of Pensacola, Florida; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Hollis and Marjorie Goode and Gene and Bo Goode, all of Tifton; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Bonnie and Bennie Johnston of Tifton and Diane Berry of Albany; four grandchildren and their spouses, Dustin and Miranda Goode, Christy and Kris Richardson, Jonathan Douglas and Jennifer Douglas; and three great-grandchildren, Gracie Jo Goode, Taylor Goode and Bryce Douglas.