Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Good grocer is given gratitude
Good Neighbors Fund
Donation form
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Total amount raised
Mike and Margaret Jones recognized a member of their neighborhood with their donation to The Roanoke Times' Good Neighbors Fund. They donated in honor of Steve Goddin, in emulation of the community spirit they said he demonstrates.
As manager of the Cave Spring Kroger store on Brambleton Avenue, Goddin helps many local organizations and groups with donations of food and other goods for fundraisers. Mike Jones said Goddin always encourages philanthropy.
Jones said he thinks Goddin is very supportive and a good neighbor to the community. The store that Goddin manages is like a "neighborhood gathering place as in times gone past," Jones said.
The couple said Goddin is kind to everyone and has become a friend in the store whom they are always happy to see. Mike Jones said the store employees are kind to the customers and to one another, and they seem to enjoy working with Goddin.
"He's just a good neighbor," Jones said.
Donors through Dec. 26 included:
An anonymous donor in memory of Pete Guilliams; L.M. and Lula Fisher; and siblings and in honor of Pam and Alan Messenger; siblings; and the Rev. Jason Bryant
An anonymous donor in memory of Dalton Eugene Flowers
Elliot Wheeler
The Allendale Clydesdale Somerset Neighborhood
Lewis and Sue Mills in honor of friends and family
John, Katie, Jared and Caleb Varney in memory of Ray Varney and in honor of Irene Varney
John and Laurie Saunders in honor of Patton and Mimi Coles
John and Laurie Saunders in honor of Broaddus and Luann Fitzpatrick
Allison Cassels in honor of Gordon B. Cassels
Steve and Kathy Lee
Sandra Carson in memory of her parents, Jim and Helen Carson
David and Ellen Weinman
Harold Glass
Mitzi, Warren and Brady Stump in honor of Howard "Slick" Fisher
Robert B. Carpenter in honor of Joe and Caty Bear
Dallas G. Jarrell
Graham-White Charity Fund
Joseph P. Fostek III in memory of Harry and Joe Webb, Joe and Peggy Fostek, John and Annie Wroblick, Wally and Murphy Fostek
Gwen Judd in memory of Barry Garnett -- beloved son, husband, father, brother and son-in-law
Bernard L. and Nancy W. Arthur in honor of the staff of John M. Oakey & Son of Salem and the staff and residents of South Roanoke Nursing Home
The choir of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in honor of Director Rose Ann Burgess
Wayne and Judy Gaudlin
Janice Phillips
David Young
Jack and Mickey Helms in honor of their children, Nancy and Jay Childress and Mary and Max Helms Jr.
Mary and Max Helms Jr.
Tom and Susan Jones
Norbert and Gloria Weckstein
Mike and Pam Coloton in memory of William C. and Dorothy M. Kerns
Bob and Barbara Wiley in honor of the family of B.R. Wiley
H.T. Doug Craig in memory of Frederick T. Bromm
Ruby P. Shields in memory of Alice S. Lucente
Jeff, Julie and Carl Puuri in honor of God's blessings upon the Puuri and Cobb families
Bruce and Margaret Goodpasture
Doris W. Richardson in memory of brother Hampton Willis Jr. and mother and father, Edner and Hampton Willis
Gladys D. Grisanti in honor of Roxane, who always has the biggest heart
Sue Wright in honor of Susan Fisette
Sarah and Charlie Lex in honor of their parents who taught them to share
Ron and Jodi Ayers in honor of family and friends
Katherine Elliott in honor of her beloved niece and nephew, Katherine Grace and Jack Elliott H. Harper
Women's Fellowship -- First Church of the Brethren in honor of Pastor Dava Hensley
Claire and Dale Ridgeway in memory of James and Hazel Cox
N. Jane Ingram
Carol and Frank Mauceri in memory of Joshua Underwood
Mary Jo Atkinson in honor of the greatest gift of all, the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Noland in honor of Bert Spetzler
Jack and Jean Wright in memory of their brothers, Wayne Freeman and Harold Wright
Stephanie Carothers in memory of her mom, Jessica Carothers
Sam and Sue Sprinkel in memory of loved ones
Tim Luke
Nadine Q. Dulaney in memory of parents Aston and Mary Quesenberry
Paula L. Bumgarner in memory of Bill B. Bumgarner
Bill and Lynn Meador in honor of children and grandchildren
David and Gaye Blevins in memory of Robert Mason and in honor of Pamela and Preston Collins
Harold and Donald Hardy in honor of their family and friends
Jerome and Shirley Barr in memory of their parents
Wilton and Ginny Coleman in memory of Bonnie Booth, A.W. Wise, Harman and Ethel Coleman
Ralph Webster in memory of departed friends
Jimmy Payne in memory of Don and Evelyn Payne
Carrie S. Nelson in memory of John and family
Rex and Georgia Compton
Shirley's Little People in honor of Shirley Hudgins
John E. and Beverly Oliphant-Martin in honor of Ken and Jane Sellers
Lang family in memory of Dorothy Baker
Kelly Fulghum in memory of Robert L. and Audrey Mason
