Leita was a long time member of Saint Andrews United Methodist Church in Killeen, TX. She and her husband of 71 years loved to square and round dance and were among the founding members of the Texas Cut-A-Rounders and the Killeen Kickers. She worked for many years at The Longhorn Malt Shop, Woolworths, and Tecom while raising four children of her own as well as numerous foster children.
Along with dancing, Leita loved to garden and sunbathe, knit and crochet blankets for St Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and hand sew clothing for her family.
Leita is preceded in death by her only son, Emanuel Ryan (Randy) Godwin, A Granddaughter, Tammy Williams, and a Great Great Grandson, Caleb Godwin Icmat.
She was loved by many and is survived by her husband, Emanuel Godwin, daughters Lynn, Jeanie, and Cathy, eight grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family graciously requests donations be made in Leita’s memory to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at CFF.Org or The Garden of Hope Foster Facility in Harker Heights, TX
A memorial service for Leita will be held Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home, 1615 S Fort Hood St, Killeen, Texas.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.crawfordbowersfuneralhome.com for the Godwin family.
