MEMORIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Joann Hill Goodrick, 82, of Hillsboro Beach, Florida, died peacefully on April 23, 2019, after receiving care for her dementia at the Boca Raton ManorCare nursing home since 2017.

Joann was the precious wife of David Daniel Goodrick for 47 years and the beloved mother of CJ and Douglas Andrew Wilson from her first marriage to Howard Wilson. Joann and David married on May 29, 1971 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Joann was born on January 17, 1937 in Rutherfordton, the first born child of the late James and Thelma Cole Hill. She graduated from Rutherfordton Central High School in 1955. She attended Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, and received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky in 1970. She received her Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976.

Joann was a gifted nature photographer whose work was exhibited in a Rutherfordton gallery. Her professional experience was broad: school social worker, director of a probation diversion project, research associate, college counselor, conference coordinator, and editor. Trained as a therapist, Joann especially enjoyed working with young women and couples. While living in Green Bay, Wisconsin, she and David served as foster parents to three pregnant teenagers while they attended high school. In Washington, DC, she managed David’s mental health system consulting practice, where together they provided technical assistance throughout the United States, and in Portugal, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, and Japan. She and David volunteered at Habitat for Humanity headquarters in Americus, Georgia for 15 months before retiring in Florida in 2001.

Joann was vibrant, brilliant, compassionate, and courageous. Admired for her quick wit, indomitable and joyful spirit, and common sense, she was a gentle soul. While she was deeply loved and will be forever missed, her loving and accepting spirit will live on with her family and friends.

Her siblings and their spouses are her brother James Hill, Jr. and wife Joyce of Rutherfordton, brother Fred Hill and wife Wanda of Hendersonville, sister Helen Hill Jacobs and husband Ralph (deceased) of Rutherfordton, and sister Joyce Carlton (deceased) and husband Ted of Rutherfordton. She was an adoring aunt to Linda Ayers, Angela Faulkner, Corie Weaver, Jeffrey Carlton, and Steve Carlton.

Joann’s husband David lives in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. Her son CJ, his wife Misono and daughter Faith live in New York City. Her son Douglas resides in Pompano Beach, Florida, and his daughter Jennifer Rose Pelter, who lives in Arizona, is the mother of Shea Michael Hamman, Destiny Freedom Rose Wilson, and Jayden Jay Clemens.

The family received friends at the Piedmont Baptist Church on Saturday, May 4, at 11:30 a.m., and the funeral was held at noon with interment at the Piedmont Baptist Church Cemetery. A Memorial service was held for Joann on May 18 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where she and David attended. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Trustbridge Hospice Foundation or to the charity of one’s choice.

You May Be the Exact Inspiration Another Woman Needs ~ Mickie Zada (May 15, 2019)

You never know the influence you have on someone’s life.  As you deal with your reality, feeling like you are drowning in emotions and responsibility, someone else’s view of you is that of inspiration, strength, and success. My cousin died last week.  She was a favorite cousin, my big sister by proxy.   She was the one I ran to when I left my abuser for the very first time. At that time, she was recently divorced, had emotional and financial responsibility for two young sons; she was a full-time Master’s Program student and worked full time.  Her life was on overload.  I’m sure she felt like she was at the end of her rope. Then I showed up. In crisis.

To me, she was a savior.  A strong woman in charge of her life, moving forward on her dreams, dealing with responsibilities, and creating a safe, healthy life for herself and her sons. No matter how shattered your life may feel to you, to someone else you may be the exact inspiration another woman needs.  That’s what my cousin was for me.