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Thomas R. Goff - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal June 26, 1926

Our community was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Mr. Thomas R. Goff on the evening of 
June 22, 1926 at the Vicksburg Sanitarium.

Two weeks previous he had suffered a light stroke and despite medical skill and carefull nursing 
there was little hope of recovery. He was, however, mercifully spared suffering, and the end came 
peacefully with his daughters Miss Nomi Goff, a skillful nurse at the Government Hospital in San 
Antonio, Texas, Sister Celestine of the Convent of Mercy of Vicksburg, Miss. and his brother-in-law, 
Mr. Fred Adkinson of Lake Providence, La., by his bedside.

Mr. Goff was born in Coahoma County, Miss., September 15, 1856, but had spent the greater part of 
his life in the parishes of East Carroll and Madison, and the large attendance at his funeral attested 
the esteem in which he was held by many friends. Mr. Goff died in his seventieth year and was laid to 
rest at the foot of a magnificent oak tree in Silver Cross cemetery of Tallulah by the side of his 
wife and three daughters who had gone before.

The impressive services were in charge of the Masonic Lodge assisted by the Rev. H. W. Bowman of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and a blanket of beautiful flowers covered the grave.

Among the relatives attending the funeral were a sister, Mrs. Jasper Hill of Lake Providence and the 
daughters, Miss Nomi Goff, Sister Celestine and Miss Jeannette Goff, the youngest born in the tragic 
year 1905, when the scourge of Yellow Fever fell upon our town and Mr. Goff had the misfortune to 
lose his wife and two daughters. Another sister, Mrs. Riggin of Monroe, was prevented by illness from 
being present.

For over 20 years Mr. Goff has been a citizen of Tallulah and once again a familiar face will be missed 
from our midst. To the bereaved family the sympathy and kind wishes of the entire community are tenderly 
extended.