Janice Gooden

Janice Jessup Gooden, 71, of Elizabethtown entered into rest Sunday, March 9, 2008.

She was born in Bladen County to the late Nathan McDuffie and Odelle Daniel Jessup. She was sales manager for U.S. Cellular/A-1 Cellular.

Mrs. Gooden is survived by her husband, Alden McAulay Gooden; two sons and their wives, David and BB Ingram Gooden of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Dan and Melinda Grady Gooden, of Southern Pines, NC; two daughters and their husbands, Tammy and Alex Jordan of Clarkton, NC and Sue and Alvin Etheredge of Jamestown, NC; one brother Nathan McDuffie (Mack) Jessup and wife, Carol, of Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren, Martha Elizabeth Gooden, Daniel Zachary Gooden, John David Gooden, Mary Jessup Gooden, Ethan Alex Jordan, Samuel McDuffie Etheredge, and Daniel Hammond Etheredge; three nephews, Bill Jessup and Mike Jessup, and Billy Ward; six nieces, Geri Weldon, Debbie Foster, Lynn McCan, Patricia McDaniel, Becky Chandler and Tish Robinson; and special friends, Martha Jewel Inman and Ken Inman.

Visitation is planned for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church. The funeral will be Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Rusty Willis and Rev. Eckwood Lancaster officiating. Burial will follow in Daniel Family Cemetery at Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends after the service in the multipurpose building.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church, 2409 Peanut Road, Elizabethtown, NC 28337 or Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 400 Mercer Mill Road, Elizabethtown, NC 28337.