Thelma Goff

COOLIDGE Thelma Wooten Goff, 98, of Coolidge, died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Baker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Murphy Cemetery. The Rev. Chuck Scarborough will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Bobby Whitaker. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers, and her great-grandsons will serve as honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Goff was born July 28, 1914, in Thomas County, Ga., to Arthur Wooten and Ruby Bass Wooten. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde E. "Sook" Goff; a daughter, Edna Elizabeth Goff Ricks; a brother, Arthur Wooten; a sister, Ira Wood; a son-in-law, Jack Ricks; a grandchild, Debbie Halbert; and a great-grandchild, Brandon Craig Goff. Survivors include two sons, A.K. "Buck" Goff and wife Loyce of Ochlocknee, and Arthur H. "Butch" Goff and wife Michelle of Twin City, Ga.; a daughter, Elaine G. Johnson and husband Don of Coolidge; a sister, Myrtle Morris of Coolidge; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at Baker Funeral Home. The family may be contacted at 2770 U.S. Hwy. 319 South, Coolidge. Donations may be made to the Murphy Cemetery Fund. Arrangements have been entrusted to Baker Funeral Home. Please leave condolences for the family at www.bakerfuneralhomeofmoultrie.com or www.moultrieobserver.com .