We send today a load of love to Hope Gooch on her 90th birthday, tinged with sadness, since she lost her beloved husband John only yesterday. Together, they were a dynamic musical power couple with boundless energy and enthusiasm for playing and encouraging and supporting the art of performance. They were long-time champions of CVNC, serving as our leading Triad representatives, and their attendance at our fairly infrequent board meetings was always accompanied by remarkable tales of their journeys from there to here, often in tandem with our resident Hillsborough critic, the late, comparably indefatigable William Thomas Walker. So love to Hope and sympathies at her loss and our loss, too, truly, for John was, beyond his musicianship, a kind, generous, and dear friend.
The formal obit is here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greensboro/name/a-obituary?page=lifestory&pid=197107378
The service will be held on Wednesday November 18 at 11:00 am at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Please follow all Covid-19 funeral guidelines and masks are to be worn. Burial of the urn will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
