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BILLY LEE GOOCH, 86 of Kansas City, Missouri died Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo. He was born April 24, 1925 in Salisbury, Missouri the son of Guy Wesley and Pansye Marie (Rutliff) Gooch.

Billy served our country during WWII in the U.S. Navy and received an Honorable discharge as a Aviation Ordnanceman, 2nd Class in 1946.

He worked as a diesel mechanic for the Cummings Diesel Company in Kansas City for 41 years retiring in 1995. He was a member of the Teamsters Union 541 and was of the Methodist faith.

Survivors include one son Guy Wesley and Carol Gooch of Independence, Mo; two daughters, Sandra Lee and Mark Harris and Julie and Ron Johnson all of Kansas City, Mo; one step-son, Gary and Nancy Boyd of Lee’s Summit, Mo; five sisters, Thelma Louise Taylor, of Council Bluffs, Ia; Wanda Marie Gooch of Columbia, Mo; Shirley Ann Riley and Helen L. Hurt both of Boonville, Mo; Sharon Pedersen of Des Moines, Ia; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Thomas Daniel Gooch and another child and infancy, three brothers, Kenneth, Lawrence Wayne and Marvin Gooch one sister, Alice Navelee Gooch and a daughter-in-law, Joan Gooch.

Funeral services will be held Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:00a.m. at the Summerville Funeral Home in Salisbury with burial with full military honors in the Salisbury City Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to service time. Memorials are suggested to the Salisbury City Cemetery.

Officiant; Rev. Nathan Argent
Organist; Marva Davis Vocalist; Katie Boeger
Pallbearers, Randy Hurt, Mike Taylor, John Johnson, Jeramie Johnson, Guy Wesley Gooch, Jerry Dale Riley