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Show Daue Juanita Miles Goodwin Dovie Juanita Miles Goodwin, 99, died Monday, November 5, 2007 in Washington Terrace. She was born March 21, 1908, in Denton, TX, the daughter of Richmond Benjamin and Josephine Tate Miles. She received a bachelor’s degree in math from Wiley College in Marshall, TX. She was initiated in Psi Sigma Chapter in San Antonio, TX, in 1942. She was a charter member of the Beta Omega Chapter in El Paso and Ogden UT. She had been a member of Delta for 62 years. She moved from Texas she met Roy A. Goodwin in 1945 and NV; together they had a daughter and Alumnae Chapter in Ogden, Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to Utah as a USO Director. married him in Las Vegas, a son. Dovie Goodwin taught in elementary and junior high schools, and tutored high school students in math for 29 years. She was one of the first black teachers in Utah and was Teacher of the Year in 2006. She received the Red Apple Award from the Retired School Employees Association. Dovie was an advisor to the youth group of the NAACP and also the treasurer for 45 years. she was a very faithful Christian woman and attended the Wasatch Church of Christ. She has served on many boards in the community and state and was a Grand Marshal for the Washington Terrace Pioneer Parade. Dovie Goodwin is survived by her daughter Roietta Fulgham, Citrus Heights, CA; two grandchildren, Kendall Youngblood (Jill) So. Jordan, UT and Keia Fulgham, Glendale, CA; three great- grandchildren; two nieces, Sandra (Danny) Mack and Wilma Miles: two nephews Monroe (Sylvia) Miles and Archie (Margaret) Woodards; two great-nieces; two great-nephews; other relatives and a host of people who referred to her as “Mom’ or “Auntie” or “Sister” or “Friend” throughout the world. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy; her son Miles “Tyrone’ Goodwin; four sisters and one brother. Funeral Services Saturday ~ November 10, 2007 ~ 1:00 p.m. Myers Mortuary Chapel 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah |