Anita Rexelda Gooding

Anita Rexelda Gooding obituary, Springfield, MO

Anita Rexelda Gooding

Anita Gooding Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Greenlawn Funeral Home South on Mar. 6, 2025.

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Anita Rexelda Gooding, age 85, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on February 28, 2025, at the Neighborhood at Quail Creek. Anita was born to Rex Burdge and Esther Burdge on February 22, 1940, in Buffalo, KS. Anita was united in marriage to Roger Gooding Sr. on January 31, 1962, at the Cumberalnd Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Missouri.
Anita graduated from Burge school of Nursing and retired from St. Johns Hospital. She enjoyed bowling and was in many leagues. Anita also in her spare time loved to paint.
Anita was preceded in death by her father Rex Burdge and Mother Esther Burdge and Husband Roger Gooding Sr.
She is survived by her brothers Larry Burdge and Lanny Burdge, her son Bill (Penny) Gooding Jr., her daughters Mary (Stacy) Blevins and Laura (Tim) Walker, grandsons Shaun and TJ Walker, granddaughters Danielle Gooding and Zoe Blevins, and great granddaughters Skylar Oxendine and Jada Henderson.
A celebration of life for Anita will be held March 26 (Wednesday) at 10:00 a.m. at Greenlawn Funeral Home South with a burial to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens located in Springfield, Missouri where she will be reunited once again with her beloved husband.

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