MRS. CHARLOTTE GODDARD DIES AT 103
MORGAN'S OLDEST RESIDENT
Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, age 103, Morgan County's oldest resident, died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Hospital. [b 5-6-1863, d 7-30-1966]
Mrs. Goddard, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 6, had been ill for only a few days before her death.
She was a native of First District of Morgan County, and had spent all her life there. She and her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Mae Goddard, 82, made their home together near Coalfield.
The mother and her daughter received state-wide publicity in March of this year when they made applications for Medicare.
A charter member of Seventh Day Adventist Church at Coalfield, Mrs. Goddard remained active in the church as long as her health permitted. She suffered a fractured hip in 1961, and had since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard's parents were the late Thomas H. and Mary Langley Davis, and her grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, came to Morgan County in 1818 from Virginia.
Mrs. Goddard attended Walden's Academy at Montgomery, one of the first schools of higher education in Morgan County. Surviving, besides the daughter, are a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great-grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield. Her husband, the later Ezra Goddard dies in 1937.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Middle Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Newbern and the Rev. Harold Butler officiatiing. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Coalfield, and great nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Goddard is the third Morgan County centerarian to die in the past few months. Late in December of 1965, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson of Lancing, who was Mrs. Goddard's first cousin, died at the age of 104 and only a few weeks ago, another first district resident, Mrs. Nancy Stringfield died at the age of 103.
MORGAN'S OLDEST RESIDENT
Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, age 103, Morgan County's oldest resident, died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Hospital. [b 5-6-1863, d 7-30-1966]
Mrs. Goddard, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 6, had been ill for only a few days before her death.
She was a native of First District of Morgan County, and had spent all her life there. She and her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Mae Goddard, 82, made their home together near Coalfield.
The mother and her daughter received state-wide publicity in March of this year when they made applications for Medicare.
A charter member of Seventh Day Adventist Church at Coalfield, Mrs. Goddard remained active in the church as long as her health permitted. She suffered a fractured hip in 1961, and had since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard's parents were the late Thomas H. and Mary Langley Davis, and her grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, came to Morgan County in 1818 from Virginia.
Mrs. Goddard attended Walden's Academy at Montgomery, one of the first schools of higher education in Morgan County. Surviving, besides the daughter, are a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great-grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield. Her husband, the later Ezra Goddard dies in 1937.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Middle Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Newbern and the Rev. Harold Butler officiatiing. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Coalfield, and great nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Goddard is the third Morgan County centerarian to die in the past few months. Late in December of 1965, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson of Lancing, who was Mrs. Goddard's first cousin, died at the age of 104 and only a few weeks ago, another first district resident, Mrs. Nancy Stringfield died at the age of 103.
MRS. CHARLOTTE GODDARD DIES AT 103
MORGAN'S OLDEST RESIDENT
Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, age 103, Morgan County's oldest resident, died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Hospital. [b 5-6-1863, d 7-30-1966]
Mrs. Goddard, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 6, had been ill for only a few days before her death.
She was a native of First District of Morgan County, and had spent all her life there. She and her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Mae Goddard, 82, made their home together near Coalfield.
The mother and her daughter received state-wide publicity in March of this year when they made applications for Medicare.
A charter member of Seventh Day Adventist Church at Coalfield, Mrs. Goddard remained active in the church as long as her health permitted. She suffered a fractured hip in 1961, and had since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard's parents were the late Thomas H. and Mary Langley Davis, and her grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, came to Morgan County in 1818 from Virginia.
Mrs. Goddard attended Walden's Academy at Montgomery, one of the first schools of higher education in Morgan County. Surviving, besides the daughter, are a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great-grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield. Her husband, the later Ezra Goddard dies in 1937.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Middle Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Newbern and the Rev. Harold Butler officiatiing. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Coalfield, and great nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Goddard is the third Morgan County centerarian to die in the past few months. Late in December of 1965, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson of Lancing, who was Mrs. Goddard's first cousin, died at the age of 104 and only a few weeks ago, another first district resident, Mrs. Nancy Stringfield died at the age of 103.
MORGAN'S OLDEST RESIDENT
Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Goddard, age 103, Morgan County's oldest resident, died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Hospital. [b 5-6-1863, d 7-30-1966]
Mrs. Goddard, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 6, had been ill for only a few days before her death.
She was a native of First District of Morgan County, and had spent all her life there. She and her daughter, Mrs. Theresa Mae Goddard, 82, made their home together near Coalfield.
The mother and her daughter received state-wide publicity in March of this year when they made applications for Medicare.
A charter member of Seventh Day Adventist Church at Coalfield, Mrs. Goddard remained active in the church as long as her health permitted. She suffered a fractured hip in 1961, and had since been confined to her home.
Mrs. Goddard's parents were the late Thomas H. and Mary Langley Davis, and her grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. John M. Davis and James and Margaret Langley, came to Morgan County in 1818 from Virginia.
Mrs. Goddard attended Walden's Academy at Montgomery, one of the first schools of higher education in Morgan County. Surviving, besides the daughter, are a grandson, Kenneth Scarbrough, and three great-grandchildren, Margaret, Stephen and Joel Scarbrough, all of Coalfield. Her husband, the later Ezra Goddard dies in 1937.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Middle Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Newbern and the Rev. Harold Butler officiatiing. Burial was in the Davis Cemetery at Coalfield, and great nephews served as pallbearers.
Mrs. Goddard is the third Morgan County centerarian to die in the past few months. Late in December of 1965, Mrs. Rebecca Davidson of Lancing, who was Mrs. Goddard's first cousin, died at the age of 104 and only a few weeks ago, another first district resident, Mrs. Nancy Stringfield died at the age of 103.
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