Jeffrey R. Gooding, of Bluefield, and Snowshoe, lived life, fought cancer and ascended to our Lord on the Winter Solstice, Wednesday, December 21, 2011, from the Bower Hospice House in the heart of West Virginia.

He will be remembered and celebrated Friday, January 6, 7 p.m. at St. Bernard's Chapel at Snowshoe Mountain.

For full obituary see January 5 print edition of The Pocahontas Times or the e-edition.