There used to be someone by the last name of "Goff" (I've forgotten his first name), who descends from James Taylor Goff and Margaret Louverna (Laverna) Conatser (daughter of David Conatser and Malissa Jane Wood), who posted on the Fentress County mailing list. Since Laverna died in White County, TN, I thought I'd post this obituary here for him to see it, if there is a family connection to him and he still is on the mailing list. I don't have his e-mail address any longer. Brenda -------------------------------------------------------------- COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Buster Levi Goff, 82, of Smithville, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Cookeville Funeral Home. Burial with full military honors will be in Goff Cemetery in DeKalb County. The family will receive friends today, Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 5-9 p.m., and Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mr. Goff died Monday, Sept. 25, 2006, at Stones River-DeKalb Community Hospital in Smithville. He was born March 10, 1924, in DeKalb County to the late Mack and Racheal Ovella Lafever Goff. Mr. Goff was a World War II Navy veteran. He entered the Navy in early 1942. Mr. Goff was a Gunner's Mate as he served in combat in the Asia-Pacific Theater from 1943-1945 on the destroyer USS Osmus and on the oiler USS Elkhorn. He was awarded the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with two Bronze Stars and the World War II Victory Medal. Mr. Goff was honorably discharged in 1946. He lived and worked in Detroit, Mich., and Putnam and DeKalb Counties. Mr. Goff's hobbies were fishing and loving life to the fullest, Buster's way. He never spoke a harsh word and was an easy-going person. His family includes three brothers, Leroy Goff of Smithville, Benton Goff of Pontiac, Mich., and Orby Goff of Cookeville; a niece and nephew, Darlene and Larry Burch; great-nieces and -nephews Jackson (J.R.) Burch, Christina Fay Burch of the Navy, Deborah Denise Dyer and Lee and Terry Allison; a great-great niece, Courtney Maxwell; and three special friends, Myrtle (Ma) Pedigo of Smithville and Joe Stembridge and Jack Cantrell of NHC of Smithville; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. Goff was preceded in death by a stepfather, General Oscar Harris; three sisters, Beatrice Hickey, Gladys Strickland and Margie Christine Herron; five brothers, Bobby, Hugh David, Bedford, Wilburn and Beecher Goff; and a niece, Debra Ann Dyer. Pallbearers will be the Veterans Honor Guard and Mr. Goff's nephews. _http://www.herald-citizen.com/NF/omf.wnm/herald/obits_beta.html_ (http://www.herald-citizen.com/NF/omf.wnm/herald/obits_beta.html)