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Betty Jo Gooch

Obituary Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010
Betty Jo Gooch, age 79 of Gainesville, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2010, at the Oaks at Limestone Nursing Home.



Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, January 4, 2010 at 1:00pm in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home. The Reverend Rick Goodspeed will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 6:00pm-9:00 pm and on Monday from 11am until 1pm at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery.



Mrs. Gooch was born May 11, 1930 in Gainesville, Georgia to William Lee and Montine Rose Davis West. She devoted her life to her family and loved ones. Care giving and selflessness were two of her strongest traits. She supported her husband as a life partner and as an at-home secretary for his plumbing and septic tank business for many years. She was a strong woman who worked hard and loved hard all the days of her life. Her spirit as a fighter prevailed right up to her last days. She will be dearly missed and forever loved.



Mrs. Gooch was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyt Gooch; parents, William Lee and Montine West; siblings, Louise Smith, Harold West, Frank West, Gene West, Davis West and Herman West.



She is survived by her children and their spouses Judy Buffington of Gainesville, GA; Jackie Gooch and fiancée Connie Woodall of Gainesville, GA; Joel and Shirley Gooch of Gainesville, GA. Her siblings include, brothers and sisters-in-law Robert L. and Carolyn West of Cleveland, GA; Claude and Deborah West of Dalton, GA; Aileen West of Gainesville, GA. Her sisters and brothers-in-law include Kathleen McHan of Norcross, GA; Vernice Roberts of Blairsville, GA; Gail and Herbert Hudgins of Gainesville, GA. Her Grandchildren and great grandchildren include Dawn and Eric Porter, Kreed Coley and Jordyn Porter of Clermont, GA; Brent and Sherry Buffington, Bree and Brooke Buffington of Cleveland, GA; Bart and Jamie Buffington, Tucker and Tanner Buffington of Gainesville, GA; Shelby and Seth Day, Adaira Day of Demorest, GA; Daniel and Stephanie Gooch, Kaitlin Gooch of Gainesville, GA; Dustin Gooch, Tiana Gooch Gainesville, GA and Cleveland, GA.



Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Dr, Gainesville, GA 30504 is in charge of arrangements.



Online condolences may be made at www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com
Funeral Date
01/04/2010 at 12:00AM
Funeral Home
Memorial Park Funeral Home