Marcella Jenkins Goodman age 92 of West Jefferson passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Forest Ridge Assisted Living Center. She was born in Ashe County on April 3, 1933 to the late, Edward Mitchell and Pearl Beatrice Jenkins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by, her husband, Kenneth "Gene" Goodman, brother, J.C. Jenkins, an infant sister and son in-law, Greg Edwards.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mrs. Goodman is survived by: one son, James Edward Goodman of Wilkesboro, two daughters, Pamela Goodman Edwards of Wilkesboro and Patricia Goodman Jordan and husband Lucian of West Jefferson, one sister, Melba Jenkins Phillips and husband Dwight of Wilkesboro, one brother, Ed Jenkins, Jr. and wife Betty of Jefferson, three grandchildren, Ethan Jordan and wife Elizabeth, Geoffrey Edwards and wife Olivia, Kaitlyn Jordan Cox and husband Pierce, two great-grandsons, Wade Jordan and Marshall Cox; several nieces and nephews also survive.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Orion Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 1345, Jefferson, NC 28640.