"No one is ever gone as long as someone still has memories of them."- Ed Worthington
John was born on October 13, 1942 to Benjamin Ivy Gough (Pop) and Nell Marie Tully Gough (Mom) in Houston, Tx. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Sue Scott Gough of Texarkana and 3 children who reside in California: Bobby, North Carolina: Richard (Jerrilynn), and Houston: Lisa (John) and 10 grandchildren Mitchell, Bethany, Dalton, Paul, Tyler, Travis, Nicholas, Christina, Alexander, and Zachary. He is also survived by a brother, Larry and sister, Patricia and numerous nieces and nephews. John served in the Air Force between 1961 and 1965. He retired in November of 2000 from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, after 37 years. Visitation was Friday December 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. Services, officiated by Cole Wilkins of Bear Creek Baptist Church, were held at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery on Saturday December 12, 2009 at 2pm; graveside service followed. A celebration of John's life was held afterwards for family and friends. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the American Diabetes Association.
John was a graduate of Spring Branch Senior High School, Houston, Texas "CLASS OF 1960"
I want to tell the story about my visit to Houston in 1956, visiting my sister, and on the way driving from Portland we stopped at a road side park somewhere in Idaho. Soda Springs or something along that line. While we were resting and having lunch, my stepdad to be, saw a natural soda springs where you could take a taste of the water if you so desired and I thought what the heck, and took a swig. I couldn't spit it out fast enough, worst tasting water I'd ever had.
Anyway, we made it into Houston, and one day during our 2 week stay, my sister's husbands cousin, Johnny, whom I'd met when I came down for my sisters wedding in 1955, called and asked for me. He wanted me to go have a "soda water" with him and I politely said "no thanks" and hung up. My sister asked me what he wanted and I told her, and she asked what time he was going to pick me up? I told her I had told him no and boy did she get pissed because he was reaching out to make me welcome. After she chewed me out, I said well "I tried that Soda Water in Idaho and once was enough"!
As I found out, Johhny meant what we Yankees referred to as Pop!
John was born on October 13, 1942 to Benjamin Ivy Gough (Pop) and Nell Marie Tully Gough (Mom) in Houston, Tx. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Sue Scott Gough of Texarkana and 3 children who reside in California: Bobby, North Carolina: Richard (Jerrilynn), and Houston: Lisa (John) and 10 grandchildren Mitchell, Bethany, Dalton, Paul, Tyler, Travis, Nicholas, Christina, Alexander, and Zachary. He is also survived by a brother, Larry and sister, Patricia and numerous nieces and nephews. John served in the Air Force between 1961 and 1965. He retired in November of 2000 from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, after 37 years. Visitation was Friday December 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. Services, officiated by Cole Wilkins of Bear Creek Baptist Church, were held at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery on Saturday December 12, 2009 at 2pm; graveside service followed. A celebration of John's life was held afterwards for family and friends. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the American Diabetes Association.
John was a graduate of Spring Branch Senior High School, Houston, Texas "CLASS OF 1960"
I want to tell the story about my visit to Houston in 1956, visiting my sister, and on the way driving from Portland we stopped at a road side park somewhere in Idaho. Soda Springs or something along that line. While we were resting and having lunch, my stepdad to be, saw a natural soda springs where you could take a taste of the water if you so desired and I thought what the heck, and took a swig. I couldn't spit it out fast enough, worst tasting water I'd ever had.
Anyway, we made it into Houston, and one day during our 2 week stay, my sister's husbands cousin, Johnny, whom I'd met when I came down for my sisters wedding in 1955, called and asked for me. He wanted me to go have a "soda water" with him and I politely said "no thanks" and hung up. My sister asked me what he wanted and I told her, and she asked what time he was going to pick me up? I told her I had told him no and boy did she get pissed because he was reaching out to make me welcome. After she chewed me out, I said well "I tried that Soda Water in Idaho and once was enough"!
As I found out, Johhny meant what we Yankees referred to as Pop!
"No one is ever gone as long as someone still has memories of them."- Ed Worthington
John was born on October 13, 1942 to Benjamin Ivy Gough (Pop) and Nell Marie Tully Gough (Mom) in Houston, Tx. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Sue Scott Gough of Texarkana and 3 children who reside in California: Bobby, North Carolina: Richard (Jerrilynn), and Houston: Lisa (John) and 10 grandchildren Mitchell, Bethany, Dalton, Paul, Tyler, Travis, Nicholas, Christina, Alexander, and Zachary. He is also survived by a brother, Larry and sister, Patricia and numerous nieces and nephews. John served in the Air Force between 1961 and 1965. He retired in November of 2000 from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, after 37 years. Visitation was Friday December 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. Services, officiated by Cole Wilkins of Bear Creek Baptist Church, were held at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery on Saturday December 12, 2009 at 2pm; graveside service followed. A celebration of John's life was held afterwards for family and friends. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the American Diabetes Association.
John was a graduate of Spring Branch Senior High School, Houston, Texas "CLASS OF 1960"
I want to tell the story about my visit to Houston in 1956, visiting my sister, and on the way driving from Portland we stopped at a road side park somewhere in Idaho. Soda Springs or something along that line. While we were resting and having lunch, my stepdad to be, saw a natural soda springs where you could take a taste of the water if you so desired and I thought what the heck, and took a swig. I couldn't spit it out fast enough, worst tasting water I'd ever had.
Anyway, we made it into Houston, and one day during our 2 week stay, my sister's husbands cousin, Johnny, whom I'd met when I came down for my sisters wedding in 1955, called and asked for me. He wanted me to go have a "soda water" with him and I politely said "no thanks" and hung up. My sister asked me what he wanted and I told her, and she asked what time he was going to pick me up? I told her I had told him no and boy did she get pissed because he was reaching out to make me welcome. After she chewed me out, I said well "I tried that Soda Water in Idaho and once was enough"!
As I found out, Johhny meant what we Yankees referred to as Pop!
John was born on October 13, 1942 to Benjamin Ivy Gough (Pop) and Nell Marie Tully Gough (Mom) in Houston, Tx. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Sue Scott Gough of Texarkana and 3 children who reside in California: Bobby, North Carolina: Richard (Jerrilynn), and Houston: Lisa (John) and 10 grandchildren Mitchell, Bethany, Dalton, Paul, Tyler, Travis, Nicholas, Christina, Alexander, and Zachary. He is also survived by a brother, Larry and sister, Patricia and numerous nieces and nephews. John served in the Air Force between 1961 and 1965. He retired in November of 2000 from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, after 37 years. Visitation was Friday December 11, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm. Services, officiated by Cole Wilkins of Bear Creek Baptist Church, were held at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery on Saturday December 12, 2009 at 2pm; graveside service followed. A celebration of John's life was held afterwards for family and friends. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the American Diabetes Association.
John was a graduate of Spring Branch Senior High School, Houston, Texas "CLASS OF 1960"
I want to tell the story about my visit to Houston in 1956, visiting my sister, and on the way driving from Portland we stopped at a road side park somewhere in Idaho. Soda Springs or something along that line. While we were resting and having lunch, my stepdad to be, saw a natural soda springs where you could take a taste of the water if you so desired and I thought what the heck, and took a swig. I couldn't spit it out fast enough, worst tasting water I'd ever had.
Anyway, we made it into Houston, and one day during our 2 week stay, my sister's husbands cousin, Johnny, whom I'd met when I came down for my sisters wedding in 1955, called and asked for me. He wanted me to go have a "soda water" with him and I politely said "no thanks" and hung up. My sister asked me what he wanted and I told her, and she asked what time he was going to pick me up? I told her I had told him no and boy did she get pissed because he was reaching out to make me welcome. After she chewed me out, I said well "I tried that Soda Water in Idaho and once was enough"!
As I found out, Johhny meant what we Yankees referred to as Pop!
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