Date of birth: 21 Feb 1899
Date of death: 10 Nov 1977

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Burial Information

Section 03 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 215A-05
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

JESSE RUBEL GOZA

Services for Jesse Rubel Goza, 78, husband of Mrs. Lucille L. Goza, were held Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2:00 p.m. from First Baptist Church in Lexington with Rev. Leon Ballard officiating. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Mr. Goza passed away Thursday, Nov. 10 at Holmes County Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. A native of Holmes County, he was the son of E.W. Goza and Norah Wofford Goza. Mr. Goza was a retired employee of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was a member and Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, and a Mason.

He leaves his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Norine Jefferies of Savannah, Ga.; three sons, Jesse R. Goza, Jr. of Longview, Texas, Aaron W. Goza of LaFeria, Texas, and Joe B. Chapman. Jr. of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; two sisters, Mrs. Garnet Rupright of West Point and Mrs. Althea Hays of Jackson; one brother, E.W. Goza, Jr., of West Point; 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were David Goza, Paul Goza, Danny Chapman, Joe Chapman, Edwin Galey, and Sandy Power. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Kenna, Billy Ellis, Dr. Paul Brumby, Mike Lammons, Gene Trotman,

The Holmes County Herald – Page 4
Lexington, MS
November 17, 1977

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Family Members

Spouses
Helen Frances Cantrell Goza
1893–1962 (m. 1920)

Ida "Lucille" Lehman
1879–1967

Children
Jesse R. Goza Jr
1922–2013

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