HJR907 Summary

• John Marion Goodson of Cookeville, Tennessee, died on May 22, 2011, at age 85; his wife Hazel Crow Goodson died one week later on May 29, 2011, at age 84.

• John Marion Goodson was born August 26, 1925, in Prattville, Alabama, served 20 years in the United States Air Force including Korean War service, and owned and operated Goodson Electric Company in Montgomery.

• Hazel Crow Goodson was born on Independence Day 1926 in Ancona, Illinois, graduated as valedictorian from Long Point High School in 1944, served six years in the United States Air Force including Korean War service, and worked as a quality control supervisor at Saluto Foods Corporation and as an electrician's helper and accountant.

• The couple met while serving in the Air Force and married on October 2, 1954, at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, maintaining their devotion through over five decades of marriage.

• The Alabama Legislature expresses deep sadness at their deaths and extends heartfelt sympathy to their surviving daughters Barbara Goodson Austen, Patricia Goodson Roddick, and Diane Beck, along with five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and other family members and friends.