Obituary of Anthony Goodrum

Anthony Goodrum Tony was born on November 30, 1957 to Edith Goodrum at Philadelphia General Hospital. He was the fifth of seven Children, the second son. He was raised in West Philadelphia where he grew up with his mother Edith, his grandparents Charles and Gertrude Tucker, his sisters and brothers and his aunts and uncles. He attended Hanna Elementary School, Shoemaker Junior High School and graduated form Overbrook High School in 1975. Tony has a career as a gourmet chef. His restaurant experience includes the famous Moshulu Restaurant at Penns Landing in Philadelphia, PA. In the mid eighties Tony met his future wife, Miriam. In September of 1989 they were joined in holy matrimony and began their life together as husband and wife in Berlin, NJ. His health began to fail in 2001. After several years of enduring many sicknesses, God called him to rest on February 17, 2007. Even through disability his vibrant personality and infamous sense of humor remained unchanged. In addition to his loving wife, Tony is survived by his mother Edith, his sisters Ermine, Anita, Gladys and Anne, his brother Andre, his nieces Ashton, Melissa, Michelle, Renee, Dominique, Sarah and Patrice, his nephews Rashad, Little Andre, Michael and Kenji, his Uncle Calvin, his cousins Eric and Frank and a host of other family and friends who loved him. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Thursday, 9:00am to 11:00am at the Laurelwood Praise & Worship Center, 3051 Good Intent Rd., Deptford, NJ. Services will begin at 11:00am. Interment Fernwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.