Forest D. Gooch, 85, of Greenville passed away March 22, 2015 at Greenville Health and Rehabilitation. Services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday in the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Johnny Kimberlin and Mr. Raymond Turner officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home.
Born February 8, 1930, Forest was the son of Mack Forest Gooch and Mary Ethel (Spurgin) Gooch. On November 5, 1955 in Greenville, he married Nella Bullington. Forest was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired truck driver. He was a member of Harvest Bible Church. He found happiness in providing for his family. He was a hard-working man with a servant’s heart.
His survivors include his son John Baker and wife, Sandy of Corsicana; grandchildren Jennifer Netardus and husband, Anthony, Jessica Douglas, and Justin Douglas and wife, Sarah; great-grandchildren Samuel, Isabelle, Olivia and Audrey Netardus and Savannah, Ella and John Michael Douglas; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughter Pam Douglas; brothers Burton L. Gooch, R. E. Gooch and W. D. “Dub” Gooch, and sisters Bessie Morphew and Geneva Kimberlin.
Pallbearers will be Justin Douglas, Jim Graves, Gordon Graves, Loyd Powell, Matt Turner and Anthony Netardus.