NAME: R. V. GOODSON, AGE 70, A LIFELONG LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 28, 1936 AT LANE, OK TO LOYAL EVERETT AND LUCILLE (WISE) GOODSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 AT THE O.U. MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 70 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND ATOKA, GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AT RUIDOSO, NM. MARRIED: PATSY RUTH NICHOLS ON MAY 22, 1958 AT DURANT, OK. LUCILLE BLACKBURN ON JUNE 14, 2001. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED IN THE OILFIELDS FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER AS WELL AS ATOKA COUNTY COMMISSIONER. R. V. RETIRED FROM THE LANE RESEARCH CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: R. V. WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LUCILLE GOODSON OF THE HOME IN LANE, OK. CHILDREN: RANDY GOODSON AND WIFE REGINA OF LANE, OK. TAMMY LANE AND HUSBAND BRETT OF DURANT, OK. TONY GOODSON AND WIFE BECKY OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RANDI RENEA, BRITTNEY, TREGG, CIARA, MATT, RUTHIE, RANDAL, TEISA, AND JENNIFER. BROTHER: JIM GOODSON OF SEMINOLE, OK. SISTERS: BARBARA ELLIS OF DUNCAN, OK. ARBRA CROUCH AND HUSBAND LOREN OF STROUD, OK. KAYLENE THOMPSON AND HUSBAND BILL OF SEMINOLE, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: ODIS SONNY NICHOLS AND WIFE BETTY OF LANE, OK. STEP CHILDREN: GARY & DALE BLACKBURN; AND BARBARA SUSIE HENDERSON STEP GRANDCHILDREN: KIRSTI & CHASE BLACKBURN; ASHLEY, KENDALL, MEGAN, & JARED HENDERSON; AND SOMMER MCCOMAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LOYAL AND LUCILLE GOODSON. FIRST WIFE: PATSY RUTH GOODSON ON MAY12, 2000. SISTER: NITA MILLS. SON: MATTHEW GOODSON. SISTER-IN-LAW: SHAIRL NICHOLS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCY. ASSISTING: REV. LARRY MURRAY. CASKETBEARERS: J. B. GROTHE, CLINT HELMS, RICKY JONES, DENNIS BURKHALTER, GILBERT WILSON, JIMMY MCCARTY, JIM VAUGHN, JOHN JOHNSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MERRITT TAYLOR, BILL COBEN, LEON YATES, DARRELL REECE, CHARLES GOODSON, DAVID HALL, KATHY HALL. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.