SAN BENITO, TX—Lois Glades Simpson Goad, 89, of San Benito, Texas went to be with our Lord on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
Lois was born on April 16, 1924 to Benjamin and Bessie Simpson in Honey Grove, Texas.
She spent her early years in Oklahoma and moved with her parents and siblings to Lyford, Texas when she was about 11 years old. She graduated from Lyford High School and worked in Harlingen, Texas where she met and married her husband of 67 years, Waite Winston Goad.
Lois lived and worked on her farm in San Benito for 52 years. She had a variety of interests and spent her life raising her seven children, volunteering for Highland Hustlers 4-H Club and the Ladies Auxiliary for VFW Post 2410, and working on the farm she and Waite so dearly loved. She worked in her garden and always had plants to care for and propagate. Her plant interests included bromeliads and orchids which filled her front porch and home. She particularly enjoyed watching the hummingbirds and other wild birds that fed on the flowers and fields surrounding her home.
Lois is survived by her husband, Waite W. Goad of San Benito, Texas; her children, Gerald (Linda) Goad of Racine, Wisconsin; Marilyn Smith of Elko, Nevada; Chester Goad of Round Rock, Texas; Barbara Jackson of Harlingen, Texas; Shirley (Roger) Westhoff of Porter, Texas; Norman (Anne) Goad of Houston, Texas; and William (Sherilyn) Goad of San Benito, Texas; her grandchildren Renee (Israel) Casares, Laura (Mark) Goadrich, Leighanne Jackson, Kirk Jackson, Brandon (Alma) Jackson, Katherine (Craig) Westhoff Larner, Matthew Westhoff, Shannon Goad, Rebecca Goad, Nichole Goad, and William Goad II; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents, Benjamin and Bessie Simpson; her siblings, Edith Hart, Fern Matz, Ira Simpson, Dorothy Hare, Ruth Phillips, Lucian Simpson, and Lucille Hunter, her son-in-law, Bobby Jackson, and daughter-in-law Marlene Goad.
Visitation hours was held at Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home on Friday, December 13 from 12:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., with the family present from 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 14 at Mont Meta Mausoleum Chapel, 26170 N. Hwy 345, San Benito Texas.
Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons Kirk Jackson, Brandon Jackson, Matthew Westhoff, and William Goad II.
You are invited to sign the guestbook or leave a memory at www.buckashcraft.com.
Arrangements are with Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home.
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