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In Memory Of Our Poets

William "Bill" Bibb Goodwyn, Jr. (1930-2010) - Class Of 1949

GOODWYN, William Bibb, Jr., 79, died on July 21, 2010, at his home in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the son of William Bibb Goodwyn and Foy Gilmore Goodwyn, and godson of Louise Goodwyn Mustin Faircloth. He attended Auburn University where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was on the Auburn cheerleading squad. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict. He joined Goodwyn and Murphree Construction Company following his military service, and was in partnership with his father in W.B. Goodwyn, Inc., completing many of the Montgomery, Alabama and Florida interstate highway bridges. He was a past President of The Alabama Roadbuilders Association, the Capital City Kiwanis Club, and a lifetime member of The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, serving as a vestryman. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jean Fleming Goodwyn, daughter, Elizabeth Goodwyn Thetford (Robert), son, William Bibb Goodwyn, III (Mary), and daughter, Foy Goodwyn McGowin (the late Samuel "Mack" McGowin). His grandchildren are Foy Goodwyn Thetford, Dorothy Thetford Bradshaw (Jere Scott), Robert Teague Thetford, Jr., William Bibb Goodwyn, IV (Lee ), John Fleming Goodwyn, Mary Lindsey Goodwyn, Elizabeth Goodwyn McGowin, Alice Adams McGowin. He is also survived by cousins Robert Tyler Goodwyn, III, George Thomas Goodwyn, Mrs. Warren Hudson Goodwyn, Elizabeth Lancaster Goodwyn Gallion, Albert Taylor Goodwyn, Tyler Goodwyn Hegenwald, Priscilla Goodwyn Mustin, James William Mustin, III, Louise Mustin Knight, and Judge Gardner Foster Goodwyn, Jr. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:30 P.M, Monday, July 26, 2010 at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension with the Reverend John C. Coleman, the Reverend Walter M. Broadfoot, III, and the Reverend Mark E. Waldo officiating. Visitation with the family is in Ascension Hall at 1:00. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery immediately following the service. The family respectfully requests any memorials be made to the Jessie Lancaster Goodwyn Endowed Scholarship at Huntingdon College, 1500 East Fairview Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36106, or the charity of your choice. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing