Benny Goins

Benny Leon Goins, 49 of Ford, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. He was born on November 19, 1959 in Mount Airy, NC, to Alvin William and Iris Lawson Goins. He was preceded in death by his parents and his father-in-law, John D. Dabney. His greatest joy in life was serving the Lord by playing the bass guitar with The Harvesters Quartet and The Singing Americans. He was a member of Flat Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mount Airy NC. He is survived by his devoted and beloved wife, Charlotte Dabney Goins; two sons, Andrew Leon Goins and Lewis James â??LJâ? Goins of North Carolina; brother, Carlton Eugene Goins and wife Darlene of North Carolina; his devoted mother-in-law Charlotte J. Dabney of Ford, numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, in laws and friends. Special thanks to his nurses, therapists, and doctors on MIOW, CCU and CSICU at MCV/VCU, and the staff of the Heart Transplant Clinic. The family will receive friends Sunday December 28, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T.Morriss & Son Funeral Home where a funeral service will be held Monday December 29, at 1:00 PM. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the VCU Heart Transplant Program P.O. Box 980204 Richmond, Virginia 23298 or Hospital Hospitality House 612 E. Marshal St. Richmond, Virginia 23219. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .