James L. Goode, Jr.
December 21, 1927 ~ November 1, 2017
James L. Goode Jr., the son of the late James L. Goode Sr. and Delia Harmon, was born December 21, 1927 in Raleigh, North Carolina. James accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age. Early in life, James left home to chart his own course of life. James joined the United States Air Force in 1947 and he served his country very well. A few of James duty stations were Keesler AFB, MS, Incirlik AB, Turkey, Thule AB, Greenland, Misawa AB, Japan, Chicksands AFB, England, Shepphard AFB, TX, Goodfellow AFB, TX and Medina AFB, TX. He retired as a Chief Master Sergeant in 1975. After James retired from the USAF, he was hired by Mars Plumbing Company where he worked for 16 years. He retired from Mars Plumbing Company 1991. James met the love of his life, Jessie Mae Roberson Goode, and on August 23, 1963, they married. James and Jessie had two sons, Gregory and Jeffrey Goode. James joined St. Paul Baptist Church under the pastoral care of the late Pastor Sherman Bedford Sr. He was an ordained deacon and he held many other offices during his long and faithful tenure at St. Paul. He also served as a Scriptural officer with the current pastor. On the morning of November 1, 2017, James crossed over into eternity with the Lord. James is survived by his two sons, Gregory (Betty) and Jeffrey (Rhonda), his brothers, Fredrick Goode, Leon Goode and Donald Goode, sister, Maxine Short and a host of loving relatives and friends.
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My deepest condolences to Uncle James’ family. May your memories give you peace and comfort.
Diane Goode Green
Gregory and Jeffrey, my condolences in the loss of your dad. It’s been decades since I saw you all last, although I always sent a Christmas card to Uncle James and Aunt Jessie to keep in touch. They will be sadly missed but always with fond memories. May they rest in paradise!
DEAR FAMILY,
“While I am sadden to learn that you are mourning the loss of your beloved James, it saddens King Jesus and his Heavenly Father Jehovah even more (Psalm 83:18). Because death is an enemy that brings pain and emptiness to each family it touch, our Heavenly Father is “close” to those that grieve and feel brokenhearted as Psalm 34:18 reminds us.
May your many shared memories of your beloved bring comfort to all. The fact that you have memories, certainly shows that Jehovah has memories of James, whose life he longs to restore to a global Paradise Earth free from pain, sickness, suffering and death through his son King Jesus.
These heartwarming Bible Passages guarantee this at Revelation 21:3-4, John 5:28-29, Acts 24:15, Luke 23:43, Isaiah 65:17-25 and Psalm 37:10-29. You are warmly invited to visit JW.ORG, a website of comfort and hear the Bible passages in your language via audio and see much more.”
To the Goode Family May Jehovah sustain you at this time of such great loss. Please visit jw.org for more information
My brother James was more than a brother. He was my best friend. How well do I remember the days that we played cow boys and who was the bad guys. I always what to play the Army and the Marines. That is why I was in the Marines for 24 years. Have missed him for many years. When ever he was stationed on the east coast, I was on the west coast or doing the things that the Marines do over seas or where the Air Force was doing. May God bless you, my brother.