Ella Sue (Kilby) Donathan Godwin

Ella “Sue” Donathan Godwin, 89, of Hot Springs, Arkansas passed away Thursday, September 7, 2023.

She was born November 21, 1933 in Mount Ida, Arkansas to the late Joseph Frank & Edna Gertrude (Qualls) Kilby. Sue was a caretaker specializing in senior care and a member of Bismarck Pentecostal Church.

Sue was preceded in death by her first husband James Thomas Donathan and her second husband Wilford “Bob” Godwin; brothers Doyle Kilby & Von Kilby; sisters Reba Black & Carrie Warner; son James Thomas “Jimmy” Donathan, Jr.; great grandson Landon Rogers and son-in-law Loyd Harrington.

Survivors include her children Jannie Harrington, Linda Rogers, Teresa Hayes & her husband Phillip and Vivian Dixon & her husband Tim; stepdaughter Linda Donahou; sister Sonja Wakefield; 15 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis Rogers, Chad Rogers, Michael Harrington, Cody Harrington, Jonathan Overton, Jesse Judge, Don Greene and Blake Hayes.

Visitation will be 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at Gross Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Wednesday at Gross Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Van Glidewell officiating.