PANHANDLE - Ruby Collins Goodnight, 92, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Panhandle First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kathryn Boren officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery at Memphis by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.
Mrs. Goodnight was born in Parker County on May 22, 1909. She grew up in Medicine Mound and moved to Memphis in 1928. She married Leo Collins on Jan. 31, 1931, at Hollis, Okla. He preceded her in death in 1951. She married Hal Goodnight on Aug. 31, 1954, at Memphis. He died Aug. 23, 1991. She was a member of Memphis First United Methodist Church and was Hall County clerk for 28 years. She moved to Panhandle in 1997.
Survivors include a son, Sam Goodnight of Levelland; five daughters, Ann Collins Cassidy of Panhandle, Carolyn Collins Jackson of Fort Worth, Linda Collins Thompson of Beaumont, Pat Goodnight of Memphis and Jan Sustaire of Gold Beach, Ore.; five brothers, Jack Maddox, Ken Maddox and Stan Maddox, all of Paris, Texas, Bob Maddox of Carrollton and Tom Maddox of Detroit, Texas; two sisters, Mary Ann Harris of Tyler and Cecile Grange of White Deer; 12 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to St. Ann's Nursing Home, P.O. Box 1179, Panhandle, TX 79068.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 25, 2001
PANHANDLE - Ruby Collins Goodnight, 92, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Panhandle First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kathryn Boren officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Fairview Cemetery at Memphis by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.
Mrs. Goodnight was born in Parker County on May 22, 1909. She grew up in Medicine Mound and moved to Memphis in 1928. She married Leo Collins on Jan. 31, 1931, at Hollis, Okla. He preceded her in death in 1951. She married Hal Goodnight on Aug. 31, 1954, at Memphis. He died Aug. 23, 1991. She was a member of Memphis First United Methodist Church and was Hall County clerk for 28 years. She moved to Panhandle in 1997.
Survivors include a son, Sam Goodnight of Levelland; five daughters, Ann Collins Cassidy of Panhandle, Carolyn Collins Jackson of Fort Worth, Linda Collins Thompson of Beaumont, Pat Goodnight of Memphis and Jan Sustaire of Gold Beach, Ore.; five brothers, Jack Maddox, Ken Maddox and Stan Maddox, all of Paris, Texas, Bob Maddox of Carrollton and Tom Maddox of Detroit, Texas; two sisters, Mary Ann Harris of Tyler and Cecile Grange of White Deer; 12 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to St. Ann's Nursing Home, P.O. Box 1179, Panhandle, TX 79068.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 25, 2001
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