Naomi Gooch, 95
WELLSVILLE — Naomi Gooch, 95, of Wellsville, passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, at East Liverpool City Hospital, following a brief illness.
Born in Graysville, Ala., on Dec. 21, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Edmond Parker and Edith (Ingram) Parker. Naomi lived most of her life in this area working as a teacher’s aide for Steubenville Schools and as a hairdresser. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Wellsville, and Mt. Zion Church in Steubenville, serving as a deaconess and church mother, the Willing Workers Club, President of Ohio Valley Missionary, Board of Metropolitan Housing in Jefferson County and Community Aid. Naomi also ran the Hampton House for the elderly and handicapped.
She is survived by four sons: Charles “Marlon” McCuen of Bloomingdale, Ohio, Terry McCuen and his wife Vicki of Wellsville, Horace Hampton Jr. and his wife Danita of Steubenville, and David Hampton of Atlanta, Ga.; and six stepchildren: Gretchen, Rebecca, Cynthia, Crystal, Gwen and Rev. Gregory Gooch; as well as, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son: Keith “Zapatha” McCuen; two brothers: Bill Parker and Ed Lee Parker; five sisters: Lucille Ramson, Rosie Crayton, Mirdes Jameson, Mary Odessa Adams and Alice Maskelly; her first husband: Horace Hampton Sr.; and her second husband: Henry Gooch.
Services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Wellsville on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, at 11 a.m., with Pastor Darren Rogers and Rev. Roosevelt Thompson officiating. Burial will take place in Union Cemetery in Steubenville.
Family will be present to receive friends at the Wellsville First Baptist Church on Friday, Aug 25, 2017, from 4-7 p.m.
The Wellsville Chapel of the Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Homes has been entrusted with handling her arrangements.
Family and friends may view this obituary, sign the guest book or send condolences online at www.martinmacleanaltmeyer.com or by visiting the funeral home’s Facebook page.