Kenneth Paul Goff

Mr. Kenneth Paul Goff, Sr., age 72, of Vancleave, MS died Monday, March 25, 2013 at his residence in Vancleave. Ken was born in Biloxi, MS and had resided in Vancleave for forty years. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1958 and served in the U. S. Navy. He was a union electrician with IBEW Local Union 903 and had just received his fifty-year pin. He was preceded in death by his parents Lafayette and Ethel Goff, brother Clifton E. Goff, and sisters Betty Kelly, Beverly Treadwell, and Mary Little. Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Goff. Ken and Jeanne would have celebrated fifty years of marriage on April 27. He is also survived by his sons, Kenneth P. Goff, Jr. and wife, Brenda, and Brian R. Goff and wife, Pam; his daughter, Julie Rudolph and husband, Walt. Papa was extremely proud of his 12 grandchildren: Hannah, Emily, Evalyn, Kenneth P. Goff III; Katelyn, Meredith, Summer, and Morgan Goff; Trey, Jake, Shelby, and Aubrey Rudolph; and step-granddaughters Breanna Smith and Jocelyn Walker. Ken is survived by his sisters Pam Mabry of Vestry and Janell Montgomery of Orlando, Florida. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 28, 2013, from 1pm until 2pm, with a 2 pm Memorial Service, all at the Vancleave Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Elder JoAnn Lutes of Community of Christ Church will be officiating. Committal will be on Friday, March 29, 2013, at 10 am in the Biloxi National Cemetery.