ODES KIMBLE GOODSELL,

age 90, departed this life on Sunday, January 19, 2020. He was born January 29, 1929 in Cabot, Arkansas to the late Albert A. and Irene Josephine Shirley Goodsell. Odes was raised in the Vilonia area. He joined the Navy at age 17 and served in Guam at the close of World War II. After learning the welding trade in the Navy, he opened Goodsell Welding Shop in 1958. He added the channel iron bumper business in 1971 and relocated his business to Industrial Drive, where the truck accessory division was added in 1975. Odes continued work in the company until his retirement.

As a Christian, Odes regularly attended First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville and the First United Methodist Church of Hot Springs, his second home. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge for 50 years, many civic organizations in Jacksonville, and he avidly worked for the establishment and development of Jacksonville Museum of Military History. At his 90th birthday celebration, in honor of his lifelong civic service, Odes was given a Key to the City, and the date was designated “Odes Goodsell Day” in Jacksonville.

Survivors include children, Donna Goodsell Kent (Terry) and Mark Odes Goodsell (Leah); grandchildren, William Matthew Hawk, Natalie Kay Kindt, Grant Marcus Goodsell (Ali); great-grandchildren, Neelie Cora Kindt, Nicholai William Kindt, and Blair Ava Goodsell. Odes was preceded in death by his loving wife, Bobbye Don Pry Goodsell in 1992.

Funeral services are 10 a.m., Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Rest Hills Memorial Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9 a.m. Memorials may be made to the Jacksonville Museum of Military History or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Moore’s Jacksonville Funeral Home. (501) 982-2136. www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com.

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