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Obituary
Lois Jane Frampton Goode (“Tillie”),
89, of Huntington, West Virginia, passed peacefully on August 20, 2013.
Tillie is the adored wife and was the fearless navigator of James Jefferson
Goode. She is the sainted mother of four, grandmother of eight, and
great-grandmother of nine. Preceded in death were her parents architect
William Ray Frampton & angel Erma Estelle (Bowser) Frampton; son-in-law
Stephen A. Hunter; brother-in-law Claude H. Messinger; and brother, William
B. Frampton. Tillie was born in Dr. Moore’s office across the street from
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Huntington on July 10, 1924. She was educated
at Emmons Grade School, Enslow Junior, Huntington High, and graduated from
Marshall College in 1944 with her BA in Physical Education. Tillie met Jim
Goode at the old MU Student Union and their first date was to Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church, which was, and always would be, the spiritual and social
center of her life. Growing up Tillie experienced the Great Depression, the
Great Flood, and the Great War, yet her optimism filled every room and she
saw only the goodness in everyone she met. She touched many young lives as a
teacher in New Boston, Ohio and Pineville, West Virginia, and as a church
youth counselor and camp counselor. Tillie and Jim began their sixty-five
year adventure when they were married by Rev. Cox at Fifth Avenue Baptist on
September 3, 1948 with attendants Maybelle Frampton Messinger, Sarah Cox,
Rachel Nunley Meadows, Agnes Woods, and Janice Callaway Frampton. Their four
children, all born within 57 months, were raised by Tillie at the same
kitchen table and shepherded into the same church pew, yet she saw each as a
unique personality to encourage and nurture down his or her own varied and
independent path. Tillie was an all-around athlete, forty years before Title
IX, and never gave a second thought to being a “tomboy. Perhaps her toughest
tennis opponent was Alice Marble (18 Grand Slams). She loved watching and
listening to the Cincinnati Reds and all of the Thundering Herd games
(football, and men’s and women’s basketball). Tillie’s rare outbursts of
frustration were directed toward the calls made by umpires and referees. She
remained the undefeated Ping-Pong champion of the Frampton/Messinger/Goode
annual Thanksgiving gatherings.
Tillie was a descendant of several Patriots of the American Revolution (Frampton,
Wolfe, Bowser) and was a member of the Captain William Buford Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution and the Wayne County Genealogical &
Historical Society. She guided husband Jim through decades of genealogical
explorations into Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Virginia courthouses,
cemeteries, and society meetings as well as trips overseas. Her travel
schedule was lightened immensely by Jim’s access to Ancestry.com, though
Tillie never touched a computer. In addition to being survived by her
husband, Tillie leaves on God’s earth her dear sister, Maybelle Frampton
Messinger (brother-in-law Claude, deceased), wonderful sister-in-law, Janice
Callaway Frampton (brother Bill, deceased), children, Nancy Jane Chaffin
(Roger), Sarah Elizabeth Hunter (son-in-law Stephen, deceased), James Lee
Goode (Patricia Kerwin) and William Boyd Goode (Louise Crum), 8
grandchildren and their spouses, 9 great-grandchildren, 5 nieces and 2
nephews, her dear friends in the Friendship/Couples Sunday School class, and
the many friends she made along her loving journey. The visitation will be
12 to 1 pm, Friday, August 23, 2013 in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Chapel, followed by the service at 1 pm. Burial will be at the Forest Lawn
Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Reger Funeral Home. The
family wishes to express their gratitude for the help and care at Woodlands
Retirement Community and Hospice of Huntington
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