Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 4 June 1998 — Page 34

The Muncie Times, June 4,1998, Page 34

DEATHS

Danny Graham

Danny Graham, 40, 104 1/2 N. Ohio, Apt. B, died Thursday, May 14,1998 after a sudden illness. He leaves to cherish his memory, two sisters, Marie Jackson Hartsville and Lynette Wilson of Darlington, S.C.; four brothers, Robert E. Graham, Winston Salem, N.C., David Graham, Effingham, S.C., Gerald Graham, Fairbluff, N.C., McArthur Graham, Washington. D.C. He was preceded in death by his mother, Thelma Smith Graham. Arrangements were handled by Gholar & Gholar Funeral Services.

Flocie Moore

Flocie Moore, 79, died Friday, May 29,1998 in Ball Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Terrestrial Temple Church. She was president and a member of Delaware County’s Workers for the Blind in Muncie. She held the presidency for four years. She was a charter member for four years at the Multi-Center Senior Citizens Association and president for three years. She was a member of the mothers’ board of Terrestrial Temple and has served as vice president of the board. Moore retired from A1 Pete’s Meat Packing Co. Survivors include a brother, Sam Harvey Jr.; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Two brothers, a sister and a daughter are deceased. Services were at noon Wednesday in Mount Olive Church of God in Christ. Burial was in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Gholar & Gholar Funeral Services.

Joan Lankford

Sister Joan Lankford was bom August 31, 1948 to the Union of Effie S. Crawford and Albert V. Crawford in Muncie, Indiana. Joan was the fourth child of seven from this loving and giving family. She found her Lord and Savior during worship with her brothers and sisters at New Life Tabernacle Holiness Church. Joan leaves to cherish her memory: one son and only child. LaMont M. Lankford; her father, Albert V. Crawford. Sr.; three sisters. Ingrid Crawford. Ana Byrd, Yasmin T. Morse; stepsister, Dorothy; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Sister Joan’s mother, Effie S. Crawford and three brothers, Albert Crawford, Jr., Charles H. Crawford, and Donnie Crawford preceded her in death.

Cregg Alexis Goodwin Cregg Alexis Goodwin was born August 3, 1966 to the union of Gladys D. Bransom Goodwin and John B. Goodwin. He was the second child of four children. He was a very loving and curious child. He loved to see what made things work, even if it meant getting daddy’s tools and mommy’s clock and taking it apart to see what made it tick. Cregg grew up and matured rather quickly. He loved laughing and kept others laughing with his joking and comical remarks. Cregg was a very' mannerable person with a serene personality. Cregg loved his family very much and he was very free hearted. He especially loved his mother and his grandmother. The late Missionary Ida Branson. He cherished and hung on to her many sayings to him. Even after her death, she was a great encouragement to him. He received his formal education in Muncie, Indiana. He was a truck driver and had acquired his certification as a heavy equipment operator. He leaves to cherish his memory, his mother, Gladys Goodwin, his father, John B. Goodwin; one son, Cregg Alexis Goodwin, Jr.; two sisters, Startette M. Gibson (husband: Herschel), Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Madinah S. Goodwin, Muncie; three brothers, Antonio D. Goodwin (wife: LaRita), Tulsa, Okl., Manuel Carter, Raffiel Carter, both of Anderson, Ind., a Spiritual sister, Ingrid Crawford. Cregg received the Lord as his personal Saviour in 1993. Shortly before his death, Cregg wrote this poem to his mother and father. To Mama and Daddy, Over the years you two great people of mine; When I was down you brought me around. You gave me a start be giving me your heart. I love you two. Love, Cregg Arrangements were handled by Carmichael Funeral Services. Mattie (Martha) Wilkerson Blackburn Mattie (Martha) Wilkerson Blackburn, 89, 1005 N. Blaine Street, died Saturday, May 16, 1998 at Ball Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was bom in Tell City, Indiana. She was a member of Union Missionary Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish her memory, two sons, Frederick Wilkerson (wife: Kathy), Muncie, Jimmy Wilkerson (wife: Dollie), Chicago, Illinois; two daughters, Vivian Qasim (husband: Muhammad), Dayton, Ohio, Shirley Simmons, and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Len Butler and Eliza Morgan Butler; her first husband, Sam Wilkerson and her second husband, Elmer Blackburn; one son, Robert Wilkerson; two brothers. Bill Butler, Ossie Butler; two sisters, Henrietta Hopgood and Daisy Ash. Arrangements were handled by Gholar & Gholar Funeral Services.