1916 John Randle Goyen married to Mary Louise Foote (Y2)

John Randle Goyen b. May 19, 1916 – 2006 married Mary Louise Foote (1917 – 2011), married in 1941.

Parents:

William Leslie Goyen – born May 13, 1884 in Coles Creek, Miss. married 1^st Ruth Marie Stayton b. ? – d. Oct 30, 1930. Married on July 2, 1912.

Children:

Kathryn Elouise Goyen b.
John R. Goyen Jr b.
William (Bill) Goyen
Marie Goyen
Carole Goyen

Siblings:

William Leslie Goyen (May 16, 1914 – May 30, 1915) – NFI
John Randle Goyen (May 19, 1916 – 2006)
Elouise Goyen b. Jan 6, 1920 in Houston -1983
Glenn Goyen (March 8, 1922 – Oct 28, 1922) – NFI
Courtney Abell Goyen Oct 16, 1923 – 1992

John R. Goyen, Sr. was born in Houston, Texas in 1916. His parents are William Leslie Goyen born 1884 and Ruth Marie Stayton.

John grew up in the Heights area of Houston, Texas. He married Mary Louise Foote on May 24, 1941. They had five children together.

John R. Goyen, Sr. was in the US Navy during World War II. He served on the USS Bailey as a Gunner’s Mate. He earned a bronze star during his service. His ship served in the Pacific along the Aleutian Islands. Among battles he was involved with were at sea west of Attu, at the landing of Tarawa, and the air engagement off of Tarawa.

He was a third generation Building Contractor in the Houston area. He retired and traveled the US with his wife Mary Louise. They spent the summers in Montana, and winters in Houston. He died in 2006 at the age of 90.