Birtie Gooch Obituary (1942

Birtie Mae Gooch, 76, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019, at home in Booneville. She was born in Saltillo on May 27, 1942, to Joseph Dunaway and Icy Dunaway. She was a member of Mount Pleasant Church of God. She loved going to the center with her friends and playing bingo and other games. She also enjoyed going to church and reading the bible. She cherished all her children and grandchildren and loved spending time with them, and her nieces, and nephews. Services will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at the Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. O. D. Hester and Bro. Dale Robbinson officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday night from 5:00 until 8:00pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Independent Church of God Cemetery. She is survived by her sons, John Gooch (Stephanie) of Saltillo, and Ashley Gooch of Corinth; daughters, Pamela Gooch (Alan), Kitty Baswell (Jesse) all of Booneville, Stacie Stanfield (Tracy) of Cherokee, AL, Mary Pelts (Paul) of Batesville, Connie Gooch of Pontotoc, and Becky Hutcheson (Michael) of Booneville; one sister, Opal Gammill; 20 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; and a special niece, Angie Tackett. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilmer Gooch; two sons, Randy Gooch and Nickey Gooch; sisters, Maudie Tackett, Annie Sanders, Minnie Bell; brothers, Herman Dunaway, Charlie Dunaway, Clyde Dunaway, Leonard Dunaway, and Joe Dunaway. Pallbearers will be Alan Barnett, Hannah Stanfield, Jeffery Dunaway, Josh Lindsey, Jesse Baswell, and Michael Hutcheson. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Dunaway, Chris Sisco, Grayson Chambers, James Holmes, and Carlos Stanfield. Condolences may be extended to the family at boonevillefuneralhome.net.