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Helen Berniece Goodsell

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Helen Berniece Goodsell, age 91, of Jacksonville passed away December 24, 2017. She was born January 15, 1926 in Cash, Arkansas to the late George M. Harral and Ruth Hamilton Harral. She married Roy A. Goodsell on April 12, 1947. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Roy A. Goodsell, her sister, Maurine Peterson, and her brother, Morris Harral. During WWII as a teenager, Mrs. Goodsell worked in the Arkansas Ordnance Plant. She graduated from Jacksonville High School in May, 1945. She worked 25 years for Safeway in Jacksonville and North Little Rock. Mrs. Goodsell was a life-long member of the Church of Christ. She was also a member of the Harral Family Gospel Singers. She was an avid gardener with a green thumb. She is survived by two sons; Larry Goodsell (Susan) of Rogers, Ark. and David Goodsell (Cathy) of Corpus Christi, Texas, brother-in-law Odes Goodsell, seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, December 29, 2017 at Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home with a visitation one hour prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow in Rest Hills Memorial Park. Arrangements by Moore's Jacksonville Funeral Home & Crematory (501) 982-2136. Sign online guestbook at www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com.

Published December 27, 2017

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