Janice Eve Gooch

Janice Eve Buffalo Gooch, age 78, passed away on November 12, 2025 in Forrest City, Arkansas. Janice was born October 27, 1947 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and went home with her parents to Sherrill, Arkansas. Janice was raised in Carlisle, Arkansas and graduated from Carlisle High School. After graduation, she went to Ouachita Baptist University and received a B.S. in Home Economics.

Janice's first job was teaching home economics at Bradley High School. She alter accepted a home economics position with the University of Arkansas Co-operative Extension Service and worked 21 years in several counties. She also taught elementary students at Lee Academy in Marianna for approximately 13 years, she especially enjoyed teaching reading to young children.

Janice married Jim Gooch at the First Baptist Church in Carlisle, Arkansas on June 29, 1974.

She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Jim; her brother, Richard F. Buffalo of Carlisle, Arkansas. She loved and cherished her many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Janice was preceded in death by both of her parents, Robert and Dorothy; her brother, Robert E. Buffalo; and her sister, Georgia Lee.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in her memory to CARTI or the First Baptist Church of Carlisle, Arkansas.

A graveside funeral service for Janice will be Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 beginning at 11:00 A.M. at the Carlisle Cemetery Pavilion.