From the Oak Ridger 12 Oct 2005 Mary Ruth Cunningham Dyer, 80, of Weston, W.Va., Pat Goodman, 51, a resident of Oliver Springs, Mary Ruth Cunningham Dyer, 80, of Weston, W.Va., passed away early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, from complications of recently diagnosed cancer, in the palliative care unit at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Ruth was born Aug. 27, 1925, in Ireland, W.Va., one of seven daughters and three sons of Charles Letch and Myrtle Francis (Shively) Cunningham. Ruth graduated with an A average from Buckhannon-Upsher High School. She moved to Oak Ridge in 1943, to work as an administrative assistant in the Manhattan Project. She there met her future husband, married him at the Chapel-on-the-Hill, built a home, and raised three children. She was active in school and church activities, Cub Scouts, and various bridge clubs, and enjoyed family camping trips, entertaining friends, and family gatherings at the holidays. While living in Oak Ridge she worked for The Oak Ridger from 1975-1978, and for the East Tennessee Health Improvement Council in Knoxville from 1978-1979. She prized her independent lifestyle after being divorced in 1977. She moved to Ft. Myers, Fla., in 1979, where she worked as an office manager and clerk/typist for the State of Florida Health and Rehabilitative Services District Office. She returned to Buckhannon, W.Va., in 1983 and worked for the Agency on Aging until her retirement in 1995. In her retirement years, she resided at Arbor Towers in Weston, W.Va., and adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be missed and is survived by her three sons, Lawrence A. Dyer and his wife Lucia of Snellville, Ga., Richard D. Dyer and wife Diana of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Dean P. Dyer and wife Linda of Oak Ridge; one sister, Janis McAbee of Weston, W.Va.; her good friends, Marjorie Heckert of Buckhannon, W.Va., and Ann Freshour of Weston, W.Va.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her former husband, Robert H. Dyer of Harriman. As Ruth donated her body to WVU Medical School, no formal funeral services are planned. A memorial service to celebrate her life and love, which are now beyond the constraints of time, space or her ailing body, is planned for Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at 7 p.m. at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Oak Ridge. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations for Hurricane Katrina relief be made to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 366, Clarksburg, WV 26302-0366. Pat Goodman, 51, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. She was born Dec. 10, 1953, in Oliver Springs to parents Grover and Sammie Goodman. Pat accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Oliver Springs High School and had lived in the Oliver Springs area all of her life. Pat had worked eight years for Temelec in Oak Ridge and was presently employed, since October 2001, at Ordela Incorporated in Oak Ridge, working in the Electronic Assembly Division. She was a very good friend to everyone who worked there. She was preceded in death by her father, Grover Goodman; grandparents, Sadie Hoskins, William and Gencie Goodman. Survivors include her mother, Sammie Hoskins Goodman of Oliver Springs; sister, Shirley Goodman of Clinton; brothers, Steve Goodman and wife, Margaret of Oak Ridge, Roger Goodman of Oliver Springs, Danny Goodman of Clinton, and Larry Goodman of Oliver Springs; nephew, Tony Goodman and wife, Missy of Brandon, Miss.; niece, Anessa Osborn and husband, Darrell of Trussville, Ala.; great-grandnieces and great-grandnephew, Jaime, Sydney and Scott Goodman of Brandon, Miss., whom she loved with all her heart; special friends, Shelby England and family of Clinton, Lilly Faye Lough of Oliver Springs, Kay Shanlever of Knoxville, and Evelyn Daugherty of Kingston, and a host of extended family members and friends. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005, at Sharp Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Hensley and the Rev. Don Daugherty officiating. Burial and graveside service will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of all the arrangements. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD