Eddie Eugene Golding, eighty years old, passed away on April 25, 2008 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Texas with his wife and daughters at his side.
Eddie was born on August 6, 1927 in Camden, AR. When he was a young child, his family relocated to Center, TX where Eddie grew up and graduated from Center High School.
After proudly serving in the US Navy, he settled in Beaumont, Texas and where he worked his entire career for the Gulf Oil Company. He met his future wife, Mary Beth Speed, in Beaumont and they were married in 1958.
The couple moved to Winnie, Texas where they raised their three daughters, Lynda Ann, Gena Beth, and Brenda Dell Golding all of whom reside in the Winnie area with their families today.
He owned and operated the very successful Golding Egg Farm for many years which served families all over Southeast Texas. After retiring from Gulf Oil and the egg business, his hobby was raising cattle and assisting his children, grandchildren and many other students from East Chambers with their animal projects for show through the East Chamber FFA. He was also very involved with the Ag Youth Committee and the Texas Rice Festival. Eddie was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnie where he taught Sunday School and was also a member of the Winnie Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Beth; daughter, Lynda and her husband, Gary Hoffpauir and grandchildren, Royce and Kacie Spencer and Cole Hoffpauir; daughter, Gena and her husband, Scott Campbell and granddaughter, Carson Campbell; and daughter, Brenda and her husband, Todd East and granddaughters, Keaton and Mattie East. Eddie is also survived by his sister, Maxine Christian, his brother, Thurman Golding and his wife, Dot; sister-in-law, Carol Speed; brother-in-law, Nelson Speed, and sister-in-law, Kaye Speed along with numerous other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, at First Baptist Church of Winnie with burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s in Winnie. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
