DATE: Tuesday, May 27, 1997                 TAG: 9705270008

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   28 lines

ETHEL S. GOODOWNS

Ethel S. Goodowns, 88, formerly of the 2900 block of S. Military Highway, died Thursday, May 22, 1997, in a Chesapeake hospital.

Mrs. Goodowns was born in Blackshear, Ga. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Susie Rice Altman and the widow of Jefferson A. Goodowns. She was also predeceased by her daughter, Peggy Earley. Mrs. Goodowns was a retired beautician and owner of Ethel's Beauty Salon. She was also the former owner of Goodowns' Variety Store, and served as the first postmistress of the Broadmoor Post Office. She was a charter member of Evangelical Presbyterian Church, former president of the Women of the Church, a choir member and a Sunday School teacher. Other memberships include Happy Acres Garden Club and the National Campers and Hikers Association.

Survivors include her grandson and his wife, James N. Earley II and Phyllis R. Earley; her great-grandchildren, Alacia L. Earley and B. Nathan Earley, all of Fairfax, Va.; a stepdaughter, Helen Mason of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters, Elberta Handley of Waycross, Ga. and Mildred Griffin of Jessup, Ga.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Chesapeake. Interment will be in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth. Oman Funeral Home, Great Bridge Chapel is handling arrangements. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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