Hilda Toler Gooding

Goldsboro – Hilda Toler Gooding, 66, of 135 Vance Drive, passed away peacefully Saturday evening at her home with her family by her bedside after a courageous battle with cancer.

A native of Wayne County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Raymond D. Toler and Florence Deans Toler. Mrs. Gooding was a faithful member of Free Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. She was the former office manager with Pate-Dawson Motor Company with 19 ½ years of service and was also retired from the Wayne County Department of Social Services.

Homegoing services to celebrate Hilda’s life will be held Monday at 7:00 p.m. at Free Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. Billy D. Toler and Rev. Danny Freuler will officiate. Interment will be Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont.

Mrs. Gooding is survived by her husband, Edward L. Gooding; her sons, Robert Gooding of Wilson and Billy C. Gooding and wife Teresa of Kenly; four grandchildren, Brad Gooding, Amy Gooding, Krystal Gooding and Tiffany Gooding; two sisters, Linda Lancaster of Goldsboro and LaRose Williford and husband Rayford of Raleigh; a brother, Rev. Billy D. Toler and wife, Bonnie of Wallace; and several nieces and nephews.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Free Chapel P.F.W.B. Church, 187 Vance Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27534 or the Christian Fellowship Church, P.O. Box 280, Wallace, NC 28466.

The family will receive friends following the service at the church and other times at the residence.