Lee Goodwin

Lee "LA" Goodwin, 63, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro.

He was born in Cape Girardeau, son of Roy E. and Dixie Fulenwider Goodwin. He grew up in Jackson, moving to St. Louis in the late 1950s.

Mr. Goodwin had worked for E. M. Stiegel Candy and Tobacco, Budd Cigar Co., and was owner of PV-4 Tires and Accessories. He spent 20 years in Missouri National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, before moving to Jonesboro in 1988 as an agent with Craighead County Farm Bureau.

He was a member of Military Officers Association of America, Freedom Masonic Lodge of St. Louis, Monette Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, and Shriners of St. Louis.

Survivors include a longtime friend, June Blair of the home; two daughters, Myra and Gina Goodwin of Jonesboro; and a sister, Fannie Goodwin Wilder of Drake, Colo.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Langford-Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro, and from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.

A graveside service will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Dr. Grant F.C. Gillard will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Dale Buschmann, Keith Jones, David Herbst, Frank Frimel, Mike Kunzelmann and Billy Green.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Michael Isaacson, Dr. David Pyle, Dr. Marian Rhame, Dr. Joe Tepley, Sen. Jerry Bookout, Judge Dale Haas, Paul Buckel, Tom Cureton, Jack Gathright, Homer Grose, Todd Grose, John Linebaugh, John Purcell, Dan Samuels, Steve Skillern, Von Pausch, Bill Wichern, Gary Kesler, Craig McDaniel, H.T. Moore, Wayne Smith and Roger Nelson.

Memorials may be made to Shriners Children's Hospital, 2001 S. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. 63131, or American Heart Association.