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James Albert GOODMAN

Male 1922 - 2001  (78 years)


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  • Name James Albert GOODMAN 
    Birth 16 Oct 1922  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Mar 2001  Camden, Benton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Shares a gravestone with Helen V.
    Notes 
    • He was in the Marines, stationed at the Corvallis Air Base, at the time that he married Helen.

      In the 1955 city directory for Corvallis, Oregon, he and Helen lived at 619 N 12th. He was a captain in the police department, she was an assistant to Verne S Gearey.

      He was chief of police at Corvallis at the time of his daughter Carol’s death in 1966.

      The inscription on the gravestone he shares with Helen in the Crystal Lake Cemetery is confusing and reads:

      Sgt US Marine Corps WWII
      Corvallis Police Officer
      Jan 1, 1946 to Oct 1, 1979
      Corvallis Chief of Police
      Sep 1, 1963 to Oct 1, 1979
      Home in Tennessee

      It happens that, according to the SSDI, a James Albert Goodman with this birth date died in Tennessee on 30 Mar 2001. His SS# had been issued in Tennessee. His last residence was New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, Tennessee. FInd A Grave has an entry for him and Bertelyn Cagle Goodman for Flatwoods Methodist Cemetery in Camden, Tennessee. He had married Bertelyn Cagle on March 23, 1995, according to Find A Grave.

      His obit in the April 1, 2001, edition of The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper:

      NEW JOHNSONVILLE - James A. 'Buck' Goodman, 78, retired chief of police for City of Corvallis, Ore., died of heart failure Friday at Camden General Hospital. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in Camden with burial in Ebenezer Cemetery in Humphreys County. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a member of Camden Church of Christ. Mr. Goodman, the husband of Ruth Greer Goodman, also leaves a daughter, Beverly Bergan of Ontario, Ore.; a sister, Ruby Neil of Sharon; a brother, Larry Goodman of Huntsville, Ala., and seven grandchildren.
    Person ID I7518  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 28 May 2020 

    Family 1 Helen Vivian ERICKSON,   b. 14 Feb 1920, Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1994, Malheur County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1945  Clark County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as James A. Goodman, single, and Helen V. Thompson, divorced
    Children 
     1. Beverly Rhea GOODMAN,   b. 2 Aug 1938, Anoka County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 2022, Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. James A GOODMAN,   b. 29 Jul 1945   d. 4 Nov 1945 (Age 0 years)
     3. Carol Ann GOODMAN,   b. 3 May 1947, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1966, Benton County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F5737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 May 2020 

    Family 2 Bertelyn Rae CAGLE,   b. 5 Sep 1926, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1997, Camden, Benton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1995 
    Family ID F15404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 May 2014