Joe passed away the weekend of 7/29/12 after a year long battle with Mesothelioma. His ashes were distributed across the Gulf of Mexico by his wife Shirley and daughter Tracy in St. Pete where he loved to fish for the last 27 years.

Our Mom, Mildred Goodson taught at Baker and Joe played on the football team and remembered his years there fondly.

I am putting together a memorial booklet of Joe's experiences and would welcome contributions any of you may wish to offer for inclusion, let us know who you are, how you knew Joe and what your memory of him was so we may include it in the memory book. Photo scans would also be welcome.
Thanks
Lee Goodson (Joe's brother)
goodsontl@cox.net
(850) 982-7104

Posted 18 August 2012:

We have a memorial service planned for Joe Goodson (Class of 55) at our parents graveside at New Memorial Gardens of Park Hill Cemetary;  2:00 pm on Saturday; September 1st. All are welcome who wish to attend.

Instead of flowers, the family is raising funds to install a memorial plaque at the gravesite for Joe. If you'd like to participate, send donations to the Joseph Watson Goodson Memorial Fund, PO Box 5796, Destin, FL 32540. As you know, his wish was to be distributed over the Gulf of Mexico where he fished and just to have a plaque erected at the family plots where he can be remembered.

Thanks, Lee Goodson & Family

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Joseph Watson Goodson
August 31,1937 - July 29,2012
Columbus, GA- Joseph Watson Goodson passed from this earth on July 29, 2012 after a battle with lung cancer. Joe was born August 31, 1937 in Scottsboro, AL to Thomas Watson Goodson (a civil engineer) and Mildred Eugenia Kelly (a school teacher). Joe attended Baker Elementary and Baker High School in Columbus. Joe was on the football team, ROTC rifle team and various other school, church & civic organizations. A member of St. Luke Methodist Church, much of family life involved church activities. Graduating in 1955, Joe attended the Ga. Tech School of Architecture, earning a degree in Industrial Design in 1961.While at Ga. Tech, Joe married Shirley Page Goodson of Columbus and together they have a daughter, Tracy Goodson. Joe is also survived by his brother, Thomas Lee Goodson and his nephews Carl, Thomas and Keith Goodson; along with many close cousins and friends. Joe was an avid fisherman and proud of his position with the yacht club power squadron in St. Petersburg. Joe had several successful furniture companies, Tracy Limited in Atlanta, Pacemaker in St. Petersburg and Indon International. Joe's passion was replicant model making of WWII aircraft which he would create, photograph and then donate the images as slide show replications to WWII veterans who flew the aircraft as remembrances of their service.
A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, September 1st at 2PM at Park Hill Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia. All are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, the family is placing a memorial plaque at Park Hill; contributions are welcome to the Joseph Watson Goodson Memorial Fund, PO Box 5796 Destin, FL 32540.