Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, February 14, 1977

MRS. MOLISSIE B. GOOCH

Mrs. Molissie B. Gooch, 73, of Sandersville, died Saturday night in a Laurel hospital following an extended illness. She was a native of Jasper County.

Survivors include two sons, Terry Andrew Gooch Jr., Sandersville; Fred Charles Gooch, San Francisco, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Syble Jeanette Martin, Dallas; Mrs. Annie Vernon Mayberry, Sandersville; two brothers, Fred N. and Tom Bishop, both of Louin; four sisters, Mrs. J. C. (Florence) Waites, Laurel; Mrs. Leroy (Rene) Windham, Bay Springs; Dicy and Pinky Bishop, both of Louin; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m., from the chapel of Memory Chapel Funeral Home. The Revs. Horace Carpenter, Bruce Jolly and John Magee will officiate. Burial will be in Sandersville Cemetery.

Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.