Audra Goodwin
Audra Inez Floyd-White-Goodwin, 92 of Merit, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Greenville Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation. A graveside service will be 2 P.M., Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Merit Cemetery under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Visitation will be Saturday, September 17, 2016 from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Goodwin was born in Roosevelt, Oklahoma on August 31, 1924 to Henry Floyd and Cora Powell. Audra graduated as Valedictorian at Snyder High School in Snyder Oklahoma in 1942. She was a telephone operator for Pacific Bell, lunch room worker for Bland ISD, lunch room worker for Swift & Company and worked for the Census Dept. She was an accomplished artist, taught toll painting, an Egg Cup Collector, a member of the Gardening and Quilting Hopewell Ext Club and World Traveler with the Farmersville Ball Club.
She is survived by her sons, Michael White of Merit, James White of Merit and David Ralph Goodwin of Huntsville, Alabama, daughter, Elaine Simpson of Crescent, Oklahoma, eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Hassel Floyd and James L. Floyd, and sister, Aliene Johnson.
Pallbearers will be Darren White, David Goodwin, Michael White, Patrick White, Eran Bek, and Evan Goodwin.