Arthur Ray Goff, age 80, of Jenkins, Kentucky, passed away Saturday February 2, 2013, at the Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tennessee. He was born on April 20, 1932, in Pike County, Kentucky, and lived most of his life in Jenkins. He was a retired employee of the United States Postal Service, and had been postmaster in Jenkins for a number of years. Mr. Goff was a United States Army veteran, and was a member of the Jenkins United Methodist Church. He was an avid bass fisherman and was a very skilled wood carver. He greatly enjoyed putting-up bird houses for purple martins to live in.

   He was a son of the late Garfield Goff & Mary Belle Mullins Goff, and was also preceded in death by three brothers, Orville Goff, James Goff, and Ovie Jean Goff.

   Survivors include his wife, Sandy Carter Goff, of Jenkins, Kentucky; a daughter, Lisa Lynn Goff Ratliff, of Jenkins; a son and daughter-in-law, Tracy Ray Goff & wife Angela, of Jenkins; four grandchildren, Ali, Tanner, Jarret, and Joseph; two sisters, Ann Geeser, Merit Island, Florida, and Janice Adams, of Jenkins; and a host of other relatives and friends.

   Visitation will be after 6:00 pm Monday February 4, 2013, at the Jenkins United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Tuesday at the church. Interment will follow at the Baker Cemetery, in Payne Gap, with military rites given by Pound, Virginia VFW Post 9600.

   Polly & Craft Funeral Home, caring for arrangements.