JoAnna "YaYa" Williams Goodwin

JoAnna “Ya Ya”Goodwin lived her life with a heart full of love, kindness, wisdom & grace for every soul that she came across. She never knew a stranger & anyone that she ever met or talked to had a confidant for life. Her love of learning, her love of life & her love of everything was contagious. She knew your feelings without words being spoken. She knew your needs without having to ask. She enjoyed the ups & downs of the stock market, her family, friends, her former students & colleagues of Union Park Middle School & always a fan of the Orlando Magic. Born & raised in Malvern, Arkansas she grew up with 5 sisters & loved to share stories of her childhood. She was preceded in death by her parents, 4 sisters & her husband James O. Goodwin. Left to cherish her memory & carry on her legacy of love, kindness & grace are daughter Stacie Goodwin-Kelly, son Gregory Alan Goodwin, grandsons Tucker James Kelly & Vaughn Jones Kelly, granddaughter Shayla Jade Goodwin, her sisters Gwendolyn Jones & Lucretia Cole, a host of nieces, nephews & friends that have become family. The family wishes to thank the doctors & nurses involved in helping her battle cancer, the friends & family by sharing their strength,prayers & faith. Ya Ya’s final wishes are that we live in love, love in peace & share the GOOD that lives within us all. Donations can be made to charities close to her heart The American Cancer Society, or Florida Hospital Transplant Institute.