John A. Goodpaster Victim Of Tularemia Was The First Death From The Disease In This County
John A. Goodpaster, 69 years old, prominent Bath county farmer, died at his home Monday, December 5, following a ten days' illness of tularemia (rabbit fever). Mr. Goodpaster and one of his daughters, Miss Louise Goodpaster, contracted the disease about ten days ago while dressing rabbits.
A farmer and a stock dealer well known throughout this county, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H. Goodpaster and came of one of the oldest and most widely connected families in the county.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Nannie Warner Goodpaster, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Fidela Hedrick, Weston, Mo., Mrs. Allen Vanlandingham, Mrs. Howard Vinson, Miss Laura Goodpaster and Miss Louise Goodpaster, of this county, and six sons, Burnett and Osborn Goodpaster, of Weston, Mo., and Clifford, Russell, Floyd and Sherman Goodpaster, of this county. He is also survived by several brothers and sisters.
Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon, December 7, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin. Interment was in the family graveyard.
Published in the Bath County News-Outlook; Thu., Dec. 8, 1938. Obit provided courtesy of Cherokee.
John A. Goodpaster Victim Of Tularemia Was The First Death From The Disease In This County
John A. Goodpaster, 69 years old, prominent Bath county farmer, died at his home Monday, December 5, following a ten days' illness of tularemia (rabbit fever). Mr. Goodpaster and one of his daughters, Miss Louise Goodpaster, contracted the disease about ten days ago while dressing rabbits.
A farmer and a stock dealer well known throughout this county, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George H. Goodpaster and came of one of the oldest and most widely connected families in the county.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Nannie Warner Goodpaster, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Fidela Hedrick, Weston, Mo., Mrs. Allen Vanlandingham, Mrs. Howard Vinson, Miss Laura Goodpaster and Miss Louise Goodpaster, of this county, and six sons, Burnett and Osborn Goodpaster, of Weston, Mo., and Clifford, Russell, Floyd and Sherman Goodpaster, of this county. He is also survived by several brothers and sisters.
Funeral services were held at his residence Wednesday afternoon, December 7, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin. Interment was in the family graveyard.
Published in the Bath County News-Outlook; Thu., Dec. 8, 1938. Obit provided courtesy of Cherokee.
Family Members
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Clifford W. Goodpaster
1895–1958
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Floyd Goodpaster
1896–1945
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Russell Goodpaster
1899–1966
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Gertrude G. "Gertie" Goodpaster Vanlandingham
1901–1994
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Burnell Lee Goodpaster
1904–1988
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Lorena Mae Goodpaster Hedrick
1908–2000
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Mattie Aylene Goodpaster Vanlandingham
1910–1992
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Lucille Goodpaster Vinson
1913–1993
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Osburne G Goodpaster
1915–1974
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Anna Laura Goodpaster Enyeart
1917–2008
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Sherman Neal Goodpaster
1920–1950
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Opal Louise Goodpaster Everman
1924–2009
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