Mrs. Willie Rebecca Pool Goodrich

Willie Rebecca Pool Goodrich, beloved mother and friend, went to join her family in heaven on October 19, 2013. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Ronald Morgan officiating. Interment will follow in Strong Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour before service time on Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Goodrich was born on July 11, 1919 to Bishop M. and Eva Yandle Pool in the Oakland community of Henderson, Texas where she and her family attended Oakland United Methodist Church. Willie graduated from Gaston School in 1938. She went to work for Dr. Ross and later worked at Cannon-Hale Cleaners, both in Henderson. In 1947, Willie met Bill Goodrich, a WWII veteran from Dallas, Texas. Bill and Willie married and moved to the Dallas area, where they raised their two daughters, Mary and Karen, in Farmers Branch, Texas. Willie taught children's Sunday school classes at First Baptist Church of Farmers Branch, where the family were devout members, and later, long-time members of Webbs Chapel Baptist Church. She worked part-time for the Farmers Branch ISD while her daughters were young. When the girls were in middle school and high school, Willie worked for the credit union in Farmers Branch. After several years, she was hired and worked as a teller at Commonwealth National Bank in north Dallas where she retired in 1984. Bill passed away in 1980. In 2007, Mary and Willie moved to Henderson to be closer to remaining family and to spend time with her last living sister, Abbie Jimerson. Karen moved to Henderson in 2012 to help care for her beloved mother. Willie is preceded in death by husband, Bill; her brothers and sisters, Willis Pool, Reuben Pool, Cecil Pool, Lois Copeland, Ruel Sanders, Jewel Rushton, and Abbie Jimerson; many special nieces and nephews, and beloved dog, Abby. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Holt and Karen Doss of Henderson; grandson Jeffrey Doss and his wife Latha, their two sons Ethan and Ian of North Carolina; and many, many friends and neighbors. Our special thanks go to Assist Care of Henderson for their loving care of Willie for the last five years. Memorial donations can be made to Strong Cemetery at 2000 E. Main St., Henderson, TX 75652 and/or the Henderson Animal Shelter at 2257 Hwy 259 S., Henderson, TX 75654. Pallbearers will be Jerry Pool, Charles Pool, Micheal Jimerson, James Chambliss, C.J. Warner, and Wayne Peters. Honorary pallbearers will be James Copeland, Harold Baade, Tyler Esters, Carson Hollis, Sam Line, and Henry Heart. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Mrs. Willie Rebecca Pool Goodrich

July 11, 1919 - October 19, 2013