BECKLEY -- Grover C. Goode, Jr., age 94 of Beckley, West Virginia died Friday, July 1, 2016 at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley. He was born June 9, 1922 at Maben, son of Grover Cleveland and Ida Lemon Goode. He graduated from Mullens High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in November, 1943; was stationed in Thurleigh, England with the 368th squadron of the 306th Bomb Group (the "Reich Wreckers") of the Eighth Air Force, completing 25 missions as an engineer and top turret gunner on a B-17, dropping bombs over Germany and Occupied France from April through September 1944. He vividly described flying over the English Channel on D-Day.

In 1950 he received his law degree from West Virginia University and practiced law in Welch from 1952 until his retirement in 1989, serving on the Board of Governors of the West Virginia Bar Association. He served many years as a Director of the McDowell County National Bank.

Preceded in death by son Joseph Russell Goode; sisters Pauline, Helen and Doris, and brothers John and Bill.

Survived by wife of 64 years Janet Elizabeth Keyser Goode; two daughters, Deborah Allen (Tony) of Knoxville, Tennessee and Jana Church (Harry) of Beckley; five grandchildren: Jessica Turner Jones of Richmond, VA; Mark Allen of Knoxville, TN; Emily Turner, Daniels, WV; Kathryn Allen Southworth (Kent) of Knoxville; and Anne Allen of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Funeral service at Melton Mortuary Chapel, 1200 Harper Road, Beckley at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 3 with visitation from noon until time of service.

Memorials may be made to Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, or St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Alma, Virginia.

Online condolences: www.meltonmortuary.com