Marjorie Erline Godwin, 89, of Lake Charles passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 in her home.
Mrs. Godwin was born on August 13, 1930 in Many, LA to Albert Lamartine and Beulah White Riddick. She was a graduate of Vinton High School. She will be fondly remembered as a long-time member of University United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, where she was involved in ministry for many years. She belonged to the Stonerollers Sunday School Class, Tuesday Visiting Ladies, Children’s Sunday School, Craft Ladies, Junior High Youth Counseling, and she faithfully helped with the annual church carnival.
Erline was very competitive. She enjoyed playing Spades, Dominos and Chicken Foot. She also enjoyed taking the kids crabbing, and she was an outstanding seamstress. But most of all she loved spending time with her grand children, who will always remember her for her “Tuna Can Biscuits.”
Survivors include her daughters, Diane Lockwood of Baton Rouge, and Molly Fiems of San Antonio; her son, Elliott Godwin (Lori) of Whitehouse, TX; grandchildren, Christina and Garnett Brookshire, Brooke Godwin, William and Thomas Lockwood, and Jeff Curry; great grandchildren, Peaches and Poppy Brookshire; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William E. Godwin, Jr., her parents, and her siblings, Evelyn Alamond, Lionel “Bud” Chargois, Anna “Dee Dee” Croft, and Thomas “Boots” Riddick.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 4, 2019 at University United Methodist Church of Lake Charles. Rev. Steve Caraway will officiate assisted by Rev. Katie Simpson and Rev. Chris Blanchard. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Visitation will be in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2019, and from 1:00 PM until the time of the service on Saturday at the church.
Mrs. Godwin was born on August 13, 1930 in Many, LA to Albert Lamartine and Beulah White Riddick. She was a graduate of Vinton High School. She will be fondly remembered as a long-time member of University United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, where she was involved in ministry for many years. She belonged to the Stonerollers Sunday School Class, Tuesday Visiting Ladies, Children’s Sunday School, Craft Ladies, Junior High Youth Counseling, and she faithfully helped with the annual church carnival.
Erline was very competitive. She enjoyed playing Spades, Dominos and Chicken Foot. She also enjoyed taking the kids crabbing, and she was an outstanding seamstress. But most of all she loved spending time with her grand children, who will always remember her for her “Tuna Can Biscuits.”
Survivors include her daughters, Diane Lockwood of Baton Rouge, and Molly Fiems of San Antonio; her son, Elliott Godwin (Lori) of Whitehouse, TX; grandchildren, Christina and Garnett Brookshire, Brooke Godwin, William and Thomas Lockwood, and Jeff Curry; great grandchildren, Peaches and Poppy Brookshire; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William E. Godwin, Jr., her parents, and her siblings, Evelyn Alamond, Lionel “Bud” Chargois, Anna “Dee Dee” Croft, and Thomas “Boots” Riddick.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 4, 2019 at University United Methodist Church of Lake Charles. Rev. Steve Caraway will officiate assisted by Rev. Katie Simpson and Rev. Chris Blanchard. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Visitation will be in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2019, and from 1:00 PM until the time of the service on Saturday at the church.
Marjorie Erline Godwin, 89, of Lake Charles passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 in her home.
Mrs. Godwin was born on August 13, 1930 in Many, LA to Albert Lamartine and Beulah White Riddick. She was a graduate of Vinton High School. She will be fondly remembered as a long-time member of University United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, where she was involved in ministry for many years. She belonged to the Stonerollers Sunday School Class, Tuesday Visiting Ladies, Children’s Sunday School, Craft Ladies, Junior High Youth Counseling, and she faithfully helped with the annual church carnival.
Erline was very competitive. She enjoyed playing Spades, Dominos and Chicken Foot. She also enjoyed taking the kids crabbing, and she was an outstanding seamstress. But most of all she loved spending time with her grand children, who will always remember her for her “Tuna Can Biscuits.”
Survivors include her daughters, Diane Lockwood of Baton Rouge, and Molly Fiems of San Antonio; her son, Elliott Godwin (Lori) of Whitehouse, TX; grandchildren, Christina and Garnett Brookshire, Brooke Godwin, William and Thomas Lockwood, and Jeff Curry; great grandchildren, Peaches and Poppy Brookshire; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William E. Godwin, Jr., her parents, and her siblings, Evelyn Alamond, Lionel “Bud” Chargois, Anna “Dee Dee” Croft, and Thomas “Boots” Riddick.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 4, 2019 at University United Methodist Church of Lake Charles. Rev. Steve Caraway will officiate assisted by Rev. Katie Simpson and Rev. Chris Blanchard. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Visitation will be in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2019, and from 1:00 PM until the time of the service on Saturday at the church.
Mrs. Godwin was born on August 13, 1930 in Many, LA to Albert Lamartine and Beulah White Riddick. She was a graduate of Vinton High School. She will be fondly remembered as a long-time member of University United Methodist Church in Lake Charles, where she was involved in ministry for many years. She belonged to the Stonerollers Sunday School Class, Tuesday Visiting Ladies, Children’s Sunday School, Craft Ladies, Junior High Youth Counseling, and she faithfully helped with the annual church carnival.
Erline was very competitive. She enjoyed playing Spades, Dominos and Chicken Foot. She also enjoyed taking the kids crabbing, and she was an outstanding seamstress. But most of all she loved spending time with her grand children, who will always remember her for her “Tuna Can Biscuits.”
Survivors include her daughters, Diane Lockwood of Baton Rouge, and Molly Fiems of San Antonio; her son, Elliott Godwin (Lori) of Whitehouse, TX; grandchildren, Christina and Garnett Brookshire, Brooke Godwin, William and Thomas Lockwood, and Jeff Curry; great grandchildren, Peaches and Poppy Brookshire; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William E. Godwin, Jr., her parents, and her siblings, Evelyn Alamond, Lionel “Bud” Chargois, Anna “Dee Dee” Croft, and Thomas “Boots” Riddick.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 4, 2019 at University United Methodist Church of Lake Charles. Rev. Steve Caraway will officiate assisted by Rev. Katie Simpson and Rev. Chris Blanchard. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Visitation will be in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2019, and from 1:00 PM until the time of the service on Saturday at the church.
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