Suzanne Sparks Goza's Obituary
SUZANNE SPARKS GOZA April 6, 1926 – December 18, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Jennings Goza, Jr; daughter, Anne Sparks Goza; father, William Carl Sparks, Sr; mother, Anne Robertson Sparks and brother, William Carl Sparks, Jr. She leaves behind her children Susan Goza Magruder (Robert), Hiram Jennings Goza, III (Frances), Nancy Godbold (John) and Margaret Goza Howell (Andy), 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She was born and raised in Princeton, KY. She graduated from Ward-Belton and Vanderbilt University where she was a member of Tri-Delta sorority. She was the lower school librarian at St. Mary’s Episcopal School from 1969 – 2003. Visitation will be Saturday, 10:00 am at Trezevant Manor Chapel followed by a Memorial Service at 10:30 am. A graveside service will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Joseph Martin, H. Jennings Goza, IV, Charlie Howell, John Carr Goza, Josh Magruder, Mark Ray, Neil Mock and Andy Nelson. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the lower school library at St. Mary’s Episcopal School.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, “Behind the Stone Wall.”
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