Benton Goodman, retired pastor and director of missions for Lamar Baptist Association, died June 7. He was 79.
A Mississippi native, Goodman served as a pastor and music minister at churches in Mississippi and Alabama for 50 years, including Millport Baptist Church.
He became Lamar Association’s DOM in 1997 and served in that role until he retired in 2010.
He served several years as interim pastor of Fernbank Baptist Church, Millport, after that.
At the time of his death, he was a member of Vernon First Baptist Church.
Goodman is survived by his wife of 59 years, Pat: daughter, Paula; son, Scott; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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