Stella Ree Gooden, 94, of Glasgow, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, October
6, 2021 at Baptist Health Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a
daughter of the late William Saltsman and Flora Mae Harp Saltsman. She was
retired from R. R Donnelly. She was a member of the Big Meadow Baptist
Church.
She is survived by three grandchildren: Danny D. Gooden (Sunshine), Katrina
- Hazelwood and Kendra D. Scott (Bernie); one brother: William Saltsman,
Jr.; two sisters: Dorine Reece and Mona Pierce; daughter-in-law: Darlene
Gooden; ten great-grandchildren: Lindsay Shipley (Matt), Kyle Gooden, Zack
Scott (Katie), Brooklyn Ramsey, Mason Gooden, Kalista Hazelwood, Abiah
Gooden, Destiny Belvins, Jacob Blevins and Hailey Gooden; seven
great-great-grandchildren: Lily Shipley, Aubrey Gooden, Ryan Finn, Jensen
Gooden, Nolan Shipley, Huntleigh Scott and Huxlee Scott; several nieces,
nephews and cousins.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Porter Elvin
Gooden, Jr.; her son: Danny E. Gooden; seven brothers: Coy Saltsman, Roy
Saltsman, Herman Saltsman, Sherman Saltsman, Roscoe Saltsman, George
Saltsman and Hayden Saltsman; three sisters: Sylvia Saltsman, Linnie Fields
and Callie Jefferies.
Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 9, 2021 at the Big Meadow
Baptist Church with burial in the Big Meadow Church Cemetery. Visitation
will be from noon Friday until 8:00 p.m. at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral
Home and after 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the church until time for s
