Ernestine Goggins

Funeral services for Mrs. Ernestine (Ernie) Lorine Goggins, 80 of Monterey will be held Thursday January 16 at 11 a.m. at Monterey Church of Christ. Interment will follow in Welch Memorial Cemetery. Bro Tim Singleton will officiate. Mrs. Goggins died Sunday afternoon January 12, 2014 in Standing Stone Care and Rehab Center in Monterey surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 24, 1933 in Battle Creek, Michigan to the late Oren and Laura Phifer Sparks. She was a Registered Nurse receiving her RN Degree from Knoxville General Hospital-University of Tennessee. As a minister's wife and career Navy wife, Mrs. Goggins served with her husband in several locations. She served as a Red Cross Nurse in the Philippines for 2 years; worked at hospitals in California, Nebraska, and Texas. After she and her husband returned to Tennessee, she worked at Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Livingston Regional Hospital and Overton County Nursing Home. She served as Director of Nursing at Standing Stone Health Care in Monterey and Life Care Center in Crossville. She was a Nursing Instructor for Tennessee Technology in Crossville for several years. Mrs. Goggins was a member of Monterey Church of Christ and a life-time member and past-president of VFW Post 6277 Auxiliary. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Eva Rich. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Glen Goggins (whom she married July 25, 1955 in Hernando, Mississippi); daughter, Melissa Williams of Cookeville; son and daughter-n-law, Mark and Michelle Goggins of Virginia Beach, VA; three grandchildren, Vanessa (Russell) Holster, Whitney Greenup, and Alec Williams; great granddaughter, Madison; brother, Eugene Manwarren of Middleburg, FL; and sister, Ethel Packard of Battle Creek, MI. Pallbearers will be Archie Ray, John Jernigan, Dan Varbel, Jack Howard, Jeff Gaw, and Charles Harris. Mrs. Goggins family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Horner Funeral Home and Thursday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church.