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Elijah
Goins
Elijah
"Lydge" Goins, 65, of Springfield died at 2 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 5, 2001, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Memorial
services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at Christian Assembly
Church in Springfield, with the Rev. Nellie Rhodes officiating.
Goins
was a retired laborer from Construction-Local 477 Laborer’s
International.
He
was born Jan. 11, 1936, at Sneedville, Tenn., to Lambert and Birdie
(Brewer) Goins.
Surviving
are one son, Jon L. Goins of Springfield; two daughters, Vivian
"Dee Dee" (Ryan) Coston of Riverton and Lijalane Frye of
Lincoln; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother,
Clifford Goins of Mount Ayers, Md.; three sisters, Hazel Gipson of
Jonesville, Va., Georgia Jacobs of Riverton and Nellie Clark of
Springfield; and several nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by three brothers, Sam, Garfield and Coy Goins;
and two sisters, Helen Morgan and Edith Bell.
He
was a member of Christian Assembly Church.
Memorials
may be made to his church.
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