Mary Elizabeth Good

Mary Elizabeth (Cowling) Good lost her battle with brain cancer in the early morning hours of Friday, November 21,2008, at her home in Lake Jackson Texas. Mary was born in Texarkana on April 24, 1955, the only child of Alice and Jody Cowling. She grew up in Greenville, Texas, where she was an active member of the Flaming Flashes in high school. She worked at the bank until graduation. She retained many strong friendships from those early years; Lyn Roe and Julie (Bridges) Ronck, Mike Swanson, Sheila Williamson and Pam Robertson as well as many others. She went to Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches where she graduated with honors after working her way through school at various jobs; Yakofritz, Buxtons and Piney Woods Country Club to name a few. She made many friendships that have lasted to the end; Eric Russell, Holly Lyn, the Duffin Family, Bob and Betsy McWilliams, David Tracy, Mike Keehnen and Anne Kelly. She also met her husband during this time but they were not to marry for several years to come. After graduation, Mary moved to Colorado where she worked for King Soopers managing 68 of their floral departments. From there she was recruited to California where she oversaw 130 stores for Big Bear. She returned to Colorado to take care of her mother when she contracted lung cancer. When her mother passed away she moved to Houston and married Robin Good in Nacogdoches. They moved to Lake Jackson, Texas, where Mary opened her own store "Good Stuff" and sold antique furniture, home accessories, jewelry, art, etc. until she was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer in June of 2007. After two surgeries, radiation treatments and various rounds of chemotherapy, when the tumor came back for the third time, she asked to be taken home. There she passed peacefully in the early morning of November 21st on her own terms. She is survived by her husband, Robin Good; stepson, Shane Good; mother-in-law, Barbara Graham; several cousins in Foreman, Arkansas and many friends, Pat Reynolds, Susan Everett, Cindy Sparkman, Jaimie Bowman and Luciana Lima to name a few. There will be a memorial service held at 11 .m. December 6th at the Lakewood Funeral Chapel, 98 North Dixie Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas, 77566. The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the education of: Steven Odhiambo, c/o Christ Gift Academy,P.O. Box 5073, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405. Freeport-Lakewood Funeral Homes, Inc.