Extracted from The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Lena G. Godwin
SELMA -- Lena G. Godwin, 87, died Thursday evening at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield.
Born September 27, 1915 in Johnston County to the late Julian Eston and Bessie Byrd Godwin.
She was the widow of Braddie T. Godwin who died in 1979 and was preceded in death by her daughter, Hannah Godwin.
Lena was a member of the Selma Baptist Church and the Selma Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Selma Baptist Church, with the Rev. Todd Bailey officiating. Burial will follow in the Selma Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the cemetery immediately following the committal service.
Surviving are her daughter, Barbetta Godwin Hester and husband, Charles of Selma; sons, William H. Godwin of Clayton and J. Roy Godwin and his wife, Beth of Freeport, FL; sister, Ruth L. Edwards of Smithfield; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Selma Baptist Church Building Fund, 1500 North Webb Street, Selma, NC 27576.
Parrish Funeral Home in Selma is assisting the family with funeral details.
Saturday, December 14, 2002