Lawrence Earl Goodloe

Lawrence Earl Goodloe was born on January 4, 1957, was the second of four children, born to his father Lon Eddie and mother Bobbie Jean Goodloe. Lawrence grew up in San Antonio and attended school at East Central High School where he played on the football team and was in ROTC. In 1974, the family moved and he transferred Sam Houston High School. Lawrence loved and continued ROTC until he graduated high school, class of 1975. After high school he joined the Army and received the rank of PFC due to his ROTC training. Lawrence began his military career in the Army in 1977, and married Toni Thomas. To this union, three sons were born Marlon, Kevin and Andre. In the military, he worked as a generator mechanic specialist. In the Army he got the opportunity to leave San Antonio for the first time and travel the world doing what he loved. Amongst his travels Lawrence was stationed at numerous places which include, Ft. Hood in Killeen, TX; Path Barracks in Vinningen, Germany; Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC where he was assigned to the 82nd Airborne unit and deployed to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The Army sent Lawrence back to Germany, and then Fort Bragg. His final duty station was at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska where he retired after 20 year of military service at the grade of E5, Sergeant. Lawrence was very proud of his accomplishments and loved serving his country. After retiring, he worked for Loomis Fargo in Alaska and continued his career as a mechanic. In 2000, Lawrence returned back to San Antonio and continued working for Loomis Fargo as the head mechanic for a few years. In the second course of his life, he met and married Lelia Oubre' in 2005 and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and worked as a driver for Napa Auto Parts, and an Equipment Mechanic for the New Orleans Country Club. Lawrence loved to cook all types of dishes, but his specialty was Barbeque and claimed his was the best around. He absolutely loved to be on the pit. He liked playing cards, dominoes, shooting pool, listening to old school music and taking drives out in the country and reminiscing about the good old days. Lawrence had many friends which were almost like family, and the most important thing to him was family. Lawrence was preceded in death by his father, Lon Eddie Goodloe and maternal and paternal grandparents. Lawrence leaves to mourn his wife, Lelia; sons Marlon (Erica); Kevin (Adeleke); and Andre; his stepson Benjamin Mackey Jr.; his mother Bobbie Jean Goodloe; Aunt Clara Pennington-Johnson; three siblings, Wanda Goodloe-Johnson (Ernest); Darrell Goodloe Sr. (Cheri), Donna Goodloe-Robinson (Teddy), all of San Antonio, Texas. His grandchildren, Jaelyn, Zariah and Omarion Goodloe, Ryan Gresham and Arielle Benjamin, all of San Antonio; Naomi and Donovan Goodloe of Anchorage, Alaska, Benjamin Mackey Jr of Warner Robins, Georgia; Kayla Mackey and Khalil Davis of Humble, Texas; and one great grandchild Vinney Hughes of Warner Robins, Georgia; nieces and nephews, Ernest, Leah, Erin, Allyse, Darrell Jr., Robyn, Terae and Terelle. Along with many great nieces and nephews, cousins, and a host of other relatives and friends.