Arthur Finley Goodin, son of the late Arthur Lee Goodin and Dorothy Finley Goodin of Charleston, MO, was born on August 2, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and departed this life on April 14, 2022, at Southeast Health Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 72.
Mr. Artie Goodin was a lifelong Baptist but recently joined Trinity Methodist where he was a member until his death. Artie was a farmer and cattleman, a partner in the auction business with his son in Bloomfield, and an avid history buff. He loved everything about Civil War history. He loved to drive the country and see new things. When not working he could be found at the grandkids sporting and school events.
On July 12, 1975, he was united in marriage to Sarah Ann Laux in Summerfield, Illinois. Mrs. Goodin survives their home in Bloomfield.
Other than his wife he is survived by two sons, Arthur Lee Goodin II and wife Emily with their three children, Scarlett Emma Goodin, Arthur Lee Goodin III, Noah James Goodin, and Jacob Goodin with wife Ashley along with their two children Finley Elizabeth Goodin and Sam Davis Goodin all of Bloomfield; by one brother, John Goodin of Charleston, Missouri and by one sister Lucianne Shoffner of Munford, Tennessee.
Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, April 18, 2022. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.