Dessia Hall Goodwin

Dessia Goodwin, 86, of Vidor died Monday, June 15, 2009 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, TX. A native of Pointe Coupee Parrish, Louisiana, she has lived in Vidor since 1965, and was a retired head bookkeeper with G.C. Murphy. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with graveside services to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Hicks Pentecostal Cemetery in Hicks, LA. Visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home. Dessia was preceded in death by her husband and father of her children Ralph Burnis Hall and her husband Paw Neal Goodwin, son Jerald D. Hall and his wife Evelyn, Ronnie E. Hall, brothers Algie Lee Norwood, and Willis Norwood, sisters Annie Bell Burns, Ethel Bass, Odessa Lea, Reddie Wellman, and Beatrice Williams. She is survived by her sons Maurice Hall and wife Peggy of Lubbock, Wayne Hall and wife Jerry Lynn of Lumberton, and Glenn Hall and wife Kay of Buna, daughter Anetia Merrell and husband Ronald of Vidor, daughter-in-law Linda Hall of Orange, twenty-two grandchildren, forty-five great grandchildren, nine great-great grandchildren, and two great-great-great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Cemetery:
Hicks Pentecostal Cemetery in Hicks, Louisiana

Visitation:
6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor

Service:
3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Pine Forest Baptist Church, 4800 N. Main St., Vidor, Texas 77662