Obituary of Robert D. Goodwin

Services for Robert D. ‘Bob’ Goodwin, 79, Marble Falls, are scheduled for 2:00 pm,Thursday, January 22, at the First United Methodist Church, Marble Falls, with the Reverends Ellen Ely and Jon Weems officiating. Interment will be at 11:30 am, Friday, January 23, in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop. Local arrangements are with Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, Marble Falls. The Family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service. Bob died Monday, January 19, 2015 at his residence. He was born July 6, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He married Paka Deloris Newby on July 30, 1955 in Merkel. Bob was a graduate of Sul Ross State University where he played football. For several years he coached high school football and basketball. In 1960, he attended and graduated from Dallas Institute of Funeral Services. He served his apprentice with Starbuck Funeral Home, Merkel. Bob and Paka owned and operated Goodwin Funeral Home, Sinton from 1963 until 1977. In 1978 they moved to Gladewater where they owned and operated Goodwin Funeral Home until their retirement in 1997. Bob was very active in community service having served as an officer in the Lions Club, Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce in Sinton and Gladewater. He was named Gladewater Citizen of the Year in 1995. He was very active in The Texas Funeral Directors Association. He had served on all of the boards and was President of the association in 1974. He served as a Governor to the National Funeral Directors Association, representing five states including Texas, from 1980 until 1984. He received his 50 Year Service pin from the Texas Funeral Directors Association in 2013. Bob and Paka moved to Marble Falls in 2002. He was a member of The First United Methodist Church and sang in the choir. He was a member of the Noonday Lions Club, Marble Falls. He loved to preform with the Hill Country Blenders, an A cappella harmony group. He was preceded in death by two infant children, his parents, Fern Hollis ‘Bud’ and Dorothy Faulkerson Goodwin, and a daughter, Diona Lynn Goodwin in 1979. Survivors include is wife of 59 years, Paka Goodwin, Marble Falls; a son and daughter-in-law, Newby Grant and Jenea Goodwin, Austin; grandsons, Max Goodwin and Jake Goodwin and granddaughter, Nona Goodwin, all of Austin; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Phyllis and Gene Cottle, Troup and Pam Newby, Austin; nieces, Cassandra Brock, Celeste Cartwright, Candace James, Catherine Wallum, and Alex Newby; and an adopted brother, Eddie James, Conroe. If desired, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 1101 Blue Bonnet Dr., Marble Falls, Tx 78654.