Selma Vay Goddard


Richwood area resident,
Selma Vay Goddard, 83, died
Monday, April 10, 1995 at the home
of her daughter, Lana Fowler,
where she made her home. She
had been in failing health for a
year.
The Putnam County, VW
native was born October 17,
1911, daughter of the late
Robert and Dulcie Pitchford
Jividen. She married Grant
Wesley Goddard April 21,1931
in Redhouse, WV. He preceded
her in death January 18, 1969.
She was a member of
Richwood Community United
Calvary Church, Richwood
Civic Center and the Solitaires.
Surviving are three sons:
Thurman, of Pandora; Guy
Eugene, of Marysville, and
Don, of Richwood; three
daughters: Maybelle Breadsten,
of Brunswick, GA; Paulette
Halterman, of Troy, and Lana
Fowler, of near Richwood; 20
grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren;
a brother
Dayton Jividen, of Richwood
and a sister Arlene Laffler, of
Merritt Island, FL. A daughter
Ellen is deceased.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, April 13 at 2 p.m. at
the Ballinger Funeral Home
with Fred Cheney officiating.
Burial will be at Claibourne
Cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home Wednesday,
April 12 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the American
Cancer Society or the
Alzheimer's Foundation.

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home