Jo Rene Robbins Myers Goff

Jo Rene Robbins Myers Goff passed away peacefully on Mardi Gras evening, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at the age of 96. Beloved wife of the late Gerald Patrick Goff for 51 years. Mother of Peter Lawrence Goff (Jennifer) and the late Amy Elizabeth Goff. Daughter of the late Hattie Mae Robbins and Lawrence Wesley Myers. Sister of the late Patsy Harrington. Grandmother of Hannah E. Goff Stroud, Heather E. Israel, David P. Israel, and William A. Stroud. Great grandmother of Audrey Simpson and Sutton Solar. Also survived by nieces and nephews. She graduated from High School in Lake Providence, LA and from Mississippi State College for Women with a degree in Education. She taught school in Clarksdale, Mississippi until 1956, then moved to New Orleans, LA where she worked for the Louisiana Department of Public Welfare until she married in 1963. She was a member of the Aurora United Methodist Church, where she was active as a choir member and as a member of the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of Welcome Neighbors, loved gardening, community outreach projects, entertaining in her home and being with her family. She was a native of Providence, LA and a resident of New Orleans for the past 69 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Graveside Service on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 1pm at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Gretna, LA. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Family and friends are invited to view and sign the online guest book at www.mothefunerals.com.