Ernest Goodin

Ernest ?Tub? Goodin, Jr., 64, of Magnet Hollow, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Magnet Hollow on August 31, 1946, the son of the late Rev. Ernest Goodin and Edna Merritt Goodin. He was a retired Deputy Sheriff with the Bell County Sheriff?s Department. He was a member of the Hosman Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn Sue Mason Goodin; sisters, Janice Faye Goodin and Murdie Hunley, brother Clyde Lee Goodin and great-granddaughter, Braelyn Raines. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Goodin, sons and their wives, Ernest, III and Kelly Goodin; Kenneth and Misty Goodin; grandchildren, Brittany, Miranda, Benjamin, Dalton, Nathan, Madison, Darla, Haley, Brooke and Lucas? great-grandchildren, Taylan Raines and Charles Isaac Mason; step-mother, Jewell Davenport Goodin; brothers and sisters, James Luther Goodin, Sondra Goodin, Mike Goodin and John Paul Goodin and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.