Kathleen Gooden

Sylacauga, AL. - Kathleen Belle Gooden was born on July 5, 1943 in Sullivan County, Indiana and passed away on May 3, 2024 near her home of many years in Sylacauga, Alabama. Kathleen was a substitute teacher for more than 10 years at Stewartville Elementary School and Weogufka High School, where she was dearly loved by many students.

Services will be held Wednesday May 8, 2024, at Radney-Smith Funeral Home, 320 North Elm Avenue, Sylacauga, Alabama. Family visitation starts at 10:30 am, with open visitation at 11:00 am. Funeral services will follow at 12 p.m. in the Chapel, with Pastor Jason Gravette, of Hollins Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow immediately after the service at Fayetteville United Methodist Church.

Kathleen is survived by her children, Scott Gooden, Jane Hawkins (Jared); her step-daughters, Myra Austin, Carol Hanes (Rick); her grandchildren, Alice Hawkins, Claire Hawkins, Evelyn Hawkins; her step-grandchildren, Ellie, Rob, and Summer; her step-great grandchildren, Charlie, Sam, Davey and John Austin; and her sister ,Priscilla Thrasher (Mike). She also leaves numerous nieces and nephews to cherish her memory.

Kathleen was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Thurman Gooden; her sisters, Mary Jane Unger (John), Eva Simmons (Harry); her brother, John Dillingham (Judy); and her parents, Don and Annis Elizabeth McClure.

Pallbearers will be Bill Unger, Mike Unger, Paul Kimbrell, Wyatt Kimbrell, Jonathan Hyatt, Brody Hyatt and Rob Smith.

Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/sylacauga-al/radney-smith-funeral-home/8516.

Radney-Smith Funeral Home in Sylacauga, Alabama will direct the service.