Extracted from The Port Arthur News (Port Arthur, TX)
Marvin C. Goates
PORT ACRES -- Marvin C. Goates, 77, of Port Acres, Texas died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at his residence.
Marvin was born December 29, 1930 in Port Arthur, Texas to Clarence Earl Goates and Bessie Mildred Tucker Goates. He was a lifelong Port Arthur resident and retired from Gulf Oil as an Instrument Technician after 33 years of service.
A graveside memorial service will be at l0:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2008 with Brother Phil Sigman officiating at Oak Bluff Memorial Park under the direction of Levingston Funeral Home in Groves, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Ginger Goates of Port Acres, TX; daughters, Kathy Goates of Aurora, CO, Linda Dickenson and husband, Tom of Aurora, CO, Susie Blackmon and husband, Tim of Frankston, TX, Jodie Wilkerson and husband, Pierre of Silsbee, TX; step-daughters, Kemi Abell and husband, Kyle of Bothell, WA, Erica Dean and her husband, Brad of Groves, TX; sister, Doris Millar of Corpus Christi, TX, brother, Bruce Goates and wife, Jackie of Groves, TX; ten grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, six step-grandchildren and one step-great granddaughter.
Friends wishing may send memorial contributions to: Calvary Baptist Church of Port Acres Building Fund or American Cancer Society.
Sunday, March 2, 2008