Irene Johnson Gooch, 90, of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 at Logan Memorial Hospital. She was a Logan County native, born Jan. 24, 1931 to the late Paul Johnson and Hattie Ward Johnson.
She was a graduate of Olmstead High School. She worked at G. E. in Owensboro, Rockwell, Western Auto, and Logan County Hospital and was the owner/operator of Sew Easy Fabrics and helped her husband on the farm. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She was a strong independent business-minded, loving, dearly loved, gentle creative spirit. She was a beautiful seamstress, making many clothes and draperies for her daughter and many around Logan County. She had an amazing memory! She could literally remember all the way back to her childhood. But most especially, she loved the Lord God with all her heart and He filled her with peace as she was transitioning for her final journey home.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Eugene Gooch; her brothers, Boyd and Harold Johnson; her sisters, Pauline Woodard, Patsy Gibb and Mary Lou Hesson; and her dear friend, Rose Williams.
She is survived by her daughter, S. Darlene Gooch of Russellville; her brother, Rabon Ward Johnson of Manchester, Tenn.; her many nieces and nephews; and her fiends Margie Flener, Elsie Flowers, Barbara Marshall, Nola Joines, Frankie Smith, Kirk and Brenda Thorlton and Ann Stokes Mudge.
Funeral services for Irene Johnson Gooch will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at Summers and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Harvey officiating with burial to follow in Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home on Friday will be held from 10 a.m. until the service.
Memorial donations may be made to Logan Co. FRYSC c/o Jama Madison, 2200 Bowling Green Road, Russellville, KY 42276, Russellville FRYSC c/o Carol Kees, 1000 N. Main Street, Russellville or First Baptist Church, 277 South Main Street, Russellville.
Pallbearers: Steve Hindman, Randy Parrish, Paul Frances Johnson, Ward Johnson, Craig Johnson and Sean Johnson
Honorary Pallbearer: Robert Griffin