MARGARET GOINS

Margaret Goins BRISTOL, Tenn. Margaret Goins, 77, died on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Indian Path Hospital in Kingsport. She was a daughter of the late Autry Doak and Margaret McReynolds Doak. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William T. Goins, and two brothers, Elmer Doak and Dr. Lin Doak. She was a graduate of Tennessee High School and Carson-Newman College, where she was a member of the band and the Calliopian Literary Society, and received her master's degree from East Tennessee State University. She was a music and kindergarten teacher in Carter and Sullivan counties for over 30 years and was a teacher in Miss Maude's Kindergarten at Anderson Street United Methodist Church. She was a member of N.E.A., T.E.A., S.C.E.A. and S.C.R.T. and the Democratic Women, Gamma Epsilon chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International, which she served as treasurer for 18 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she sang in the choir, was a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Women's Missionary Union. Margaret is survived by two daughters, Cathy Goins and Christie Vaughn and her husband, Adam, all of Bristol Tennessee; three sons, Bill Goins and his wife, Dawn, of Bristol Virginia, Donnie Love and his wife, Katie, of Lexington, N.C., and Tommy Goins and his wife, Natasha, of Memphis, Tenn.; a sister, Audrey Doak of Bristol Tennessee; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2:45 Sunday afternoon at First Baptist Church. The funeral service will follow at 3 o'clock with Dr. David Stancil officiating. The committal service and interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to First Baptist Church of Bristol, 1 Virginia St., Bristol VA 24201. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family and viewed by visiting www.Oakley-Cook.com Arrangements especially for Mrs. Goins and her family have been made through Oakley-Cook Funeral Home.