Charles Daniel Goodwin Jr.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Charles Daniel Goodwin Jr., 26, of Blytheville, passed from this life Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Blytheville. A lifelong area resident, Daniel was born Nov. 25, 1986, and was a 2005 graduate of Blytheville High School where he excelled in football. As a senior he represented the Blytheville Chicks in the Arkansas Association East-West All-Star game in Fayetteville. He later received an associates degree from Arkansas Northeastern College, and was employed as a licensed practical nurse in the surgery department at Great River Medical Center in Blytheville. Daniel loved hunting, fishing and camping and was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Dewitt, Ark.

Survivors include his daughter, Charlie Grace Goodwin of Blytheville;

His mother and step-father, Anita Gail Miller and Joseph Miller of Blytheville;

His father and step-mother, Danny Goodwin and Beth Goodwin of Dewitt;

Two sisters, Alicia Riggs and her husband, Jackie, of Blytheville, and JoDee Ann Miller of Blytheville;

His grandmother, Patricia Goodwin of Dewitt;

Two step-brothers, Jonathan Eggerman and his wife, Sara, of Pleasant Plains, Ark., and Eli Eggerman of Little Rock;

One step-sister, Jenna Sexton, and her husband, Dustin of Almyra, Ark.; and

His nephews, Jacob and Caleb Riggs of Blytheville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Steele, Mo., with the Rev. Michael Funderburk and the Rev. Jimmy Clark officiating. Burial will follow in the Cardwell Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Thursday at the Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Leachville. Pallbearers will be Donald Hunt, Zach Wilson, Ethan Ballard, Jonathan Eggerman, Eli Eggerman and Jackie Riggs. Friends may sign the online guest register at www.HowardFuneralService.com