Obituaries

He was a member of Corcoran Memorial United Methodist Church in Temple Hills.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Betty Jean Melton Reed of Fort Washington; two sons, Wallace E. Reed Jr. of Purcellville and James E. Reed of Fort Washington; and a grandson.

Ralph Evans Goodwin Jr.Advertising Executive

Ralph Evans Goodwin Jr.,73, who owned an advertising specialty business, died April 5 at his home in Vienna of a subdural hematoma, the result of a fall from a ladder at his home 11 months earlier.

Mr. Goodwin, an advertising executive for General Electric Corp. for 21 years, formed his own company in 1981 and operated it for 17 years. In 1998, he sold it and worked part time with the advertising department of the Connection newspapers in Alexandria.

Born in Hackensack, N.J., he survived polio as a toddler. His family moved to Miami while he was in his teens. He graduated from the University of Florida and received a master's degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University in 1957.

He joined the Air Force in 1957 and served as an information officer in the Philippines and in Minot, N.D.

After three years in the military, Mr. Goodwin worked for GE in Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina before settling in Northern Virginia in 1976.

He enjoyed traveling in his motor home to the 48 contiguous states, as well as Mexico and Canada. He also enjoyed gardening, photography, cooking and music and was a member of the Metropolitan Washington Old-Time Radio Club.

Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Myrna Goodwin of Vienna; four children, Brenda Goodwin Dixon of Lothian, Daniel L. Goodwin of Boston, Ralph E. Goodwin III of Birmingham, Ala., and John T. Goodwin of Manassas; and six grandchildren.