Barbara Faye Goss

Barbara F. Goss passed away at the age of 84 on February 5, 2020 due to complications from leg wounds and heart trouble. Her 6 beloved (living) children, her 12 living grandchildren, and her 19 great grandchildren all spent much precious time with her in the months preceding this, as they knew the time was short. We will all treasure this time forever. Barbara graduated community college and worked 35 years in the same job in finance. She was in square dancing for over 50 years and won square dancer of the year when she was 83!

I’ve never met anyone more hardworking than my mother. Raising seven children on her own, she would get up before sunrise in order to get a few minutes to herself before beginning another hectic day. She made sure we had everything we needed, from lovingly hand sewn clothes, to homemade meals and home baked treats, supplies for school, help with our homework, baths, hugs, a clean house and bedding, and lots and lots of love.

She made our house into a wonderful home. She taught us about God and took us to church. She surrounded us with music, musicals, and dancing. Every holiday had beloved traditions in our home, from making Valentines to take to school, to coloring eggs with vinegar and food coloring for Easter, to homemade costumes for Halloween, to cutting down live Christmas trees and waking up to a giant pile of gifts underneath it on Christmas morning. She always baked fresh Christmas bread for each of our teachers!

She took us to the “day old bakery” to pick out special treats. She helped us collect ‘green stamps’ and ‘blue stamps’ to save up to get something special. She led our Brownie troops and took us to Boy Scouts. She volunteered at our schools. She took us for day trips and camping trips to her treasured beaches. We grew up with horses, dogs, cats, and even some cows and pigs! But mom’s favorite was always her Springer Spaniel and she had several of them through the years. If she ever had free time to herself, she loved to read, garden, and go to the beach! We have so many special memories from our childhoods. And our amazing mom did all of this while going to work every day to provide for us!

By her own example, (and some spankings, haha), she taught us to be kind, she taught us to be loving, she taught us to be giving, she taught us to be honest, she taught us to have integrity, she taught us to be loyal, she taught us to be hardworking, she taught us to love life.

We only hope that parts of our beautiful mom will live on in us, and in our children, and in their children, and in their children’s children...

Thank you, beautiful Barbara, for all that you have been.