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Wilda Ruth Godwin

Wilda Ruth Godwin, age 98, of Buckhannon, WV died Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Serenity Care Home in Buckhannon.

She was born July 29, 1926, in Elkins, WV, a daughter of the late Earl and Ruth Weese Moore. On March 6, 1945, she married Rev. Dr. Charles Godwin, Jr., who preceded her in death on December 24, 2012.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her older baby brother, Harold Keith, sisters, Anna Wees and Eva Gail Dean and her twin sister, Wilma Kerns; brothers in law, Dale Wees and Howard Dean; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She is survived by one daughter, Rev. Sharon Ann Carr and husband Bob of Buckhannon; five sons, Rodney Godwin and wife Barbara and David Godwin and wife Jane all of Buckhannon, John Godwin and wife Kim of Morgantown, WV, Rev. Greg Godwin and wife Lisa of Ellamore, WV and Dr. Jeffrey Godwin and wife Diane of Greensburg, PA; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was proud that her five sons are Eagle Scouts. She enjoyed sewing, macrame, playing bridge and cooking large Godwin family dinners. She was active in the life of the church in many different roles such as United Methodist Women and serving as a Church Trustee. She attended West Virginia Wesleyan College and was a past member of the Emeritus Club. She worked as office manager at Shannon’s Hardware in Buckhannon, First National Bank in Bluefield and St. Mark’s and Cokesbury in Charleston.

Friends will be received Sunday, February 23, 2025, from 3 PM to 7 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held 11 AM Monday at the First United Methodist Church in Buckhannon. Burial will follow in the Buckhannon Memorial Park in Buckhannon.

A special thank you to her kind caregivers at Serenity Care and LaVonne Stump.

In lieu of flowers, a gift to the Godwin Scholarship Trust through the United Methodist Foundation of WV would be appreciated: www.umfwv.com/godwin.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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