Virgil B. Goodwine, 60, of Springfield, Ohio passed away April 24, 2018. He was born February 19, 1958 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania the son of Marion N. and Marian (Anderson) Goodwine. Virgil graduated from The Ohio State University in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement and was also involved with ROTC. He retired from the State of Ohio Department of Natural Resources after 32 years of dedicated service and was employed by the Springfield City Schools where he was a tutor at Warder Park-Wayne Elementary School and wrestling coach at Springfield High School. Virgil was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church where he was on the Trustee Board, chairman of Security, Christian Men's Fellowship, AWANA, Kingdom Men's Small Group, Food Pantry and Sunday School Class. He also was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Executive Board for Greater Ohio Conference of Wrestling, The Ohio State University Judo coach and the YMCA. Virgil is survived by his devoted wife, Rita Cecil-Goodwine; daughter, Chrisondra Goodwine of Dayton, Ohio; sons, Virgil Goodwine II of Detroit, Michigan and Julian (Brooke) Goodwine of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Ava (Earl) Moorer of Mansfield, Texas and Donna Davenport of Columbus, Ohio; brother, Van Goodwine of Columbus, Ohio and a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Tracy Mahoney, Donnie Wells, Barry and Betty Moore, Mike Hild, Oakie Moore, James Applin, Julius Polk, Dr. Brian Hiestand and Kingdom Men's Small Group.

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