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Ellen Beatrice Goad, 85

Ellen Beatrice Goad, age 85, of Fountain Run, KY, passed away Sat., March 7, 2009. Funeral services were conducted Mon., March 9 from Strode’s Gamaliel Chapel with Eld. Tim Eaton & Eld. Terry Howard officiating. Interment in the Fountain Run Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Darren Davis, Barry Brooks, Brian Brooks, Jerry Gantz, Kelly Powell, John H. Carter. Honorary pallbearers were Randall Strode, Leonard Murley, Randall Murley, Charles Dismon, Terry Dismon and Jimmy Garmon. She was born Feb. 18, 1924 in Monroe Co., KY, daughter of the late Lacy Carter and Bettie Jane Beam Carter. She was a member of Maple Grove #1 Missionary Baptist Church, a homemaker, a former co-owner of Fountain Run Upholstery and Drapery. On June 2, 1946, she was united in marriage to Carl Seay Goad, who preceded her in death on July 20, 1998. She is survived by sons Carl Goad, Jr. (and partner Joseph Crass) of Gallatin, Tenn. and Roger (Marsha) Goad of Lafayette, Tenn.; granddaughter Gwen (Darren) Davis of Scottsville, KY; grandson Brandon Goad of Lexington, KY; great granddaughter Whitney Davis of Scottsville, KY; step-grandsons Ben Towe of Lafayette, Tenn. and Seth Towe of Westmoreland, Tenn.; sister Agnes (Odell) Brooks of Fountain Run, KY; nieces Maureen Carter Yuhr, Louisville, KY, Oshia Lee Chamberlain, Cincinnati, OH, Carla (Jerry) Gantz, Glasgow, KY; nephews Kelly Powell, Scottsville, KY, John H. Carter, Munfordville, KY, Barry (Jane) Brooks, Tompkinsville, KY, Brian Brooks, Fountain Run, KY; several great nieces, great nephews, great-great nieces & great-great nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by brothers, General Carter, Enoch Carter, Claude Carter & Ed Carter; sisters Maymie Carver, Amy Lee, Mary Hughes Steenbargen & Eula Mae Powell.