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Jewell Thomas GODWIN (VETERAN WWII)

Godwin Cemetery
Lawrence County,
Arkansas

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
World War II
August 10, 1911 - November 12, 2002

Jewell the son of John Wesley Godwin and Nancy Catherine (Raney) Godwin. Nancy the daughter of Christopher Columbus (Kip) Hardin and Amanda Jane (Campbell) Hardin.

Godwin
SAFFELL -- Jewell T. Godwin, 91, of Saffell died Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge.

Born in Saffell, he was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a farmer and a member of Mount Harmony Free Will Baptist Church in Saffell.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy (Hardin) Godwin of the home; a son, J.T. Godwin of Batesville; a daughter, Jan Reynolds of Jasper; three stepsons, Maurice Dean Lance, Tom Godwin of Idaho and Ted Godwin of Alaska; a brother, Claude Godwin of Louisiana; a sister, Nona Eagan of Black Rock; five grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Merkley Melton Godwin; his parents, John Wesley and Catherine Rainey Godwin; a stepdaughter, Devon Norton; a brother; and three sisters.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mount Harmony Free Will Baptist Church, with Stanley Vandergrift and Loy Counts officiating. Burial will follow in Godwin Cemetery at Saffell under the direction of Qualls Batesville Funeral Service.

Active pallbearers will be Jerry Gilliam, Billy Saffell, Dustin Carlton, Hershel Gilliam, Dexter Hardin and Jereb Mounce.

Honorary pallbearers will include D.J. Mounce, Dutch Whitmire, Fred Lewis, Glenda Lewis, Buster Melton and Chris Carlton.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Obituary courtesy of The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas archive posted 14 Nov 2002

Contributed on 5/7/08 by tootied
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Submitted: 5/7/08 • Approved: 5/27/17 • Last Updated: 5/30/17 • R19676-G0-S3

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