The oldest child of George Goodman and Sylvia Ada Pryor, Jasper took a job with the National Marine Service in May of 1954. He took a temporary leave to join the United States Army. He received his discharge from the service in April of 1959.
Jasper was married to Shirley Rose Keller. After living in Hartford, they moved to South Roxana, Illinois in 1959. They did not have any children.
On the afternoon of 17 Jul 1959, Jasper was at work as a shore tankerman for the National Marine Service. He had been out of the army for 3 months.
It had rained that day and the deck he was standing on was still wet. As Jasper attempted to step from a small wooden float to a barge that was moored near the Shell Oil asphalt dock in Madison County, Illinois, he slipped just as he started to jump to the barge.
Jasper fell into the Mississippi River. Witnesses reported that he went under the water just before 3 p.m., surfaced briefly, then disappeared. He was unable to swim and was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.
Jasper's body was recovered in 12 feet of water by members of the Alton Volunteer Emergency Corps around 4 p.m. At the time of his death, he was 24 years, 8 months and 6 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Shirley; his mother and father of Hartford, Illinois; 4 brothers, Floyd, Alfred, Wayne and Ronnie Goodman; and 3 sisters, Norma Inman, Gladys Goodman and Debbie Goodman.
Visitation was held on 18 Jul 1959 at the home Jasper and his wife had purchased and moved into on Pennsylvania Avenue in Roxana, Illinois a week before his death. Visitation continued there the following day and concluded the next morning. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 20 Jul 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Hartford, Illinois.
Jasper shares a stone with his brother, Floyd Goodman, who passed away in 1996.
Jasper's wife, Shirley, remarried in 1960. She died in 1987 at the age of 50.
Children: None.
Jasper's siblings:
Floyd Melvin Goodman
Alfred Allen Goodman
Gerald "Wayne" Goodman
Ronald Lee Goodman
Norma Jean Goodman Inman
Gladys Goodman McClellan
Debbie Kay Goodman Farris
Jasper was married to Shirley Rose Keller. After living in Hartford, they moved to South Roxana, Illinois in 1959. They did not have any children.
On the afternoon of 17 Jul 1959, Jasper was at work as a shore tankerman for the National Marine Service. He had been out of the army for 3 months.
It had rained that day and the deck he was standing on was still wet. As Jasper attempted to step from a small wooden float to a barge that was moored near the Shell Oil asphalt dock in Madison County, Illinois, he slipped just as he started to jump to the barge.
Jasper fell into the Mississippi River. Witnesses reported that he went under the water just before 3 p.m., surfaced briefly, then disappeared. He was unable to swim and was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.
Jasper's body was recovered in 12 feet of water by members of the Alton Volunteer Emergency Corps around 4 p.m. At the time of his death, he was 24 years, 8 months and 6 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Shirley; his mother and father of Hartford, Illinois; 4 brothers, Floyd, Alfred, Wayne and Ronnie Goodman; and 3 sisters, Norma Inman, Gladys Goodman and Debbie Goodman.
Visitation was held on 18 Jul 1959 at the home Jasper and his wife had purchased and moved into on Pennsylvania Avenue in Roxana, Illinois a week before his death. Visitation continued there the following day and concluded the next morning. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 20 Jul 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Hartford, Illinois.
Jasper shares a stone with his brother, Floyd Goodman, who passed away in 1996.
Jasper's wife, Shirley, remarried in 1960. She died in 1987 at the age of 50.
Children: None.
Jasper's siblings:
Floyd Melvin Goodman
Alfred Allen Goodman
Gerald "Wayne" Goodman
Ronald Lee Goodman
Norma Jean Goodman Inman
Gladys Goodman McClellan
Debbie Kay Goodman Farris
The oldest child of George Goodman and Sylvia Ada Pryor, Jasper took a job with the National Marine Service in May of 1954. He took a temporary leave to join the United States Army. He received his discharge from the service in April of 1959.
Jasper was married to Shirley Rose Keller. After living in Hartford, they moved to South Roxana, Illinois in 1959. They did not have any children.
On the afternoon of 17 Jul 1959, Jasper was at work as a shore tankerman for the National Marine Service. He had been out of the army for 3 months.
It had rained that day and the deck he was standing on was still wet. As Jasper attempted to step from a small wooden float to a barge that was moored near the Shell Oil asphalt dock in Madison County, Illinois, he slipped just as he started to jump to the barge.
Jasper fell into the Mississippi River. Witnesses reported that he went under the water just before 3 p.m., surfaced briefly, then disappeared. He was unable to swim and was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.
Jasper's body was recovered in 12 feet of water by members of the Alton Volunteer Emergency Corps around 4 p.m. At the time of his death, he was 24 years, 8 months and 6 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Shirley; his mother and father of Hartford, Illinois; 4 brothers, Floyd, Alfred, Wayne and Ronnie Goodman; and 3 sisters, Norma Inman, Gladys Goodman and Debbie Goodman.
Visitation was held on 18 Jul 1959 at the home Jasper and his wife had purchased and moved into on Pennsylvania Avenue in Roxana, Illinois a week before his death. Visitation continued there the following day and concluded the next morning. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 20 Jul 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Hartford, Illinois.
Jasper shares a stone with his brother, Floyd Goodman, who passed away in 1996.
Jasper's wife, Shirley, remarried in 1960. She died in 1987 at the age of 50.
Children: None.
Jasper's siblings:
Floyd Melvin Goodman
Alfred Allen Goodman
Gerald "Wayne" Goodman
Ronald Lee Goodman
Norma Jean Goodman Inman
Gladys Goodman McClellan
Debbie Kay Goodman Farris
Jasper was married to Shirley Rose Keller. After living in Hartford, they moved to South Roxana, Illinois in 1959. They did not have any children.
On the afternoon of 17 Jul 1959, Jasper was at work as a shore tankerman for the National Marine Service. He had been out of the army for 3 months.
It had rained that day and the deck he was standing on was still wet. As Jasper attempted to step from a small wooden float to a barge that was moored near the Shell Oil asphalt dock in Madison County, Illinois, he slipped just as he started to jump to the barge.
Jasper fell into the Mississippi River. Witnesses reported that he went under the water just before 3 p.m., surfaced briefly, then disappeared. He was unable to swim and was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.
Jasper's body was recovered in 12 feet of water by members of the Alton Volunteer Emergency Corps around 4 p.m. At the time of his death, he was 24 years, 8 months and 6 days old.
He was survived by his wife, Shirley; his mother and father of Hartford, Illinois; 4 brothers, Floyd, Alfred, Wayne and Ronnie Goodman; and 3 sisters, Norma Inman, Gladys Goodman and Debbie Goodman.
Visitation was held on 18 Jul 1959 at the home Jasper and his wife had purchased and moved into on Pennsylvania Avenue in Roxana, Illinois a week before his death. Visitation continued there the following day and concluded the next morning. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on 20 Jul 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Hartford, Illinois.
Jasper shares a stone with his brother, Floyd Goodman, who passed away in 1996.
Jasper's wife, Shirley, remarried in 1960. She died in 1987 at the age of 50.
Children: None.
Jasper's siblings:
Floyd Melvin Goodman
Alfred Allen Goodman
Gerald "Wayne" Goodman
Ronald Lee Goodman
Norma Jean Goodman Inman
Gladys Goodman McClellan
Debbie Kay Goodman Farris
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