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Subject: [TNSCOTT] Obits From The Oak ridger 11 Sep 2001
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:20:58 EDT
>From The oak Ridger 11 Sep 2001
The Rev. JERRY LYNN GOUGE of Coalfield died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2001, at
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge after preaching at an area church.
Mr. Gouge was a member of Big Mountain Baptist Church in Oliver Springs.
According to Mr. Gouge's family, he dedicated his life to preaching the
gospel of Jesus Christ. His last moments were spent preaching the 23rd Psalm.
He had a deep love for everyone and a burden for the lost, his family said,
adding that in the face of pain and death, he praised God for all he had and
thanked him for the days he had given him.
They described him as a wonderful father and grandfather and a devoted
brother who was an honest, hard-working and respected man of God.
Mr. Gouge is survived by his wife, Beatrice West Gouge; three daughters,
Sarah Gouge, Shelena Gouge and Laura Wilson and her husband, Tim, all of
Coalfield; two grandchildren, Caleb and Brenton, also of Coalfield; four
sisters, Kay Gamble and her husband, Tom, of Harriman, Rose Tarner and Opal
Covington, both of Coalfield, and Carol Daugherty and her husband, Larry, of
Virginia; and four brothers, Frank Windham and James O. Gouge Jr. and his
wife, Patsy Moore Gouge, all of Coalfield, Billy Gene Gouge and his wife,
Laura White Gouge, of Clinton and Eddie Windham and his wife, Donna, of
Oakdale.
Mr. Gouge is also survived by his "second" mother, Anna Laura West of
Windrock; and several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Donnie Tinker was considered a special friend.
He was preceded in death by another daughter, Vanessa Rose; his parents,
James O. Gouge Sr. and Rena Liles Gouge; three sisters, Alma Jane Marsh, Mary
Wilma Edwards and Helen Sue Pelfrey; his father-in-law, Jesse Boyd West; two
brothers-in-law, Randall West and Frank Tarner; and three nephews, Larry
Wayne Daugherty, James David Edwards and Billy Lee Gouge.
The funeral will be held at 8 tonight, Sept. 11, in the chapel of Schubert
Funeral Home in Wartburg with the Rev. Don Ambrose and the Rev. Harold Duncan
officiating.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at
Jackson Cemetery in Coalfield.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
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