THE MIAMI NEWS
Miami, Florida
January 3, 1918


MRS. J. A. GODWIN CALLED TO LAST RESTING PLACE

Mrs. J. A. Godwin, age 83, passed away at 5 o’clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. A. Bunnell, 215 Waddell street, death coming after an illness of three weeks.

Mrs. Godwin was generally known to her friends in Miami and in other parts of the state as “Grandmother Godwin,” affection for her being general. She was a frequent visitor to Miami for many years, and for the last two years has been here continuously with Mrs.  Bunnell. Her former home is a Moultrie, Fla., where a son, M. M. Godwin resides. She is survived by her daughter and son, twenty grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon from the Bunnell residence and the Rev. H. C. Garwood will officiate. Mrs. Godwin having been a member of the Baptist Church. The body will be sent to Moultrie for interment and Mrs. Bunnell and a son, C. C. Bunnell, will accompany the body, leaving Miami on the 5:30 o’clock train this afternoon.