December 24, 1897 to April 17, 1973
Married: Bertha Swaffer March 2, 1929
Adopted: Great Nephew Jim Goodall
Albert Harrison Goodall was born December 24th, 1897 to William Hardin Goodall and Bell Carson Goodall. He was the youngest of 5 sons, all born in the Tuckers Crossroads community. He was a member of Bethlehem Church of Christ all his life.
Albert’s father died when he was an infant, but the farm continued to operate under his mother’s guidance along with the help of his older brothers. This was an exceptionally hard time for Albert and his family, but with hard work and help from the community they made it through.
Albert later purchased the farm from his brothers and started his own farming operation raising hogs, sheep and cattle. Later he implemented a grade B dairy operation. He soon found his passion was in Angus cattle. He became a member in the American Angus Association in 1944, then began showing registered Angus cattle on the local, state and national levels. He was very successful in this endeavor and won many trophy’s, ribbons and awards in the process.
In later years he focused solely on raising and showing registered angus cattle, becoming one of the top breeders in the area. He enjoyed not only showing his own cattle but was very involved in helping young people in the 4H and FFA. He was always open to new and improved technology that had anything to do with breeding or agriculture. He welcomed the new artificial insemination form of breeding to bring superior genetics to the herds of Wilson County.
On November 21, 1949 Albert was on of a group of farmers that had a dream to organize a farm supply store where farmers could pool their purchases for a better selection and more affordable prices. At the time money was hard to come by, but Albert being one of the visionary farmers who seeing the obvious need went door to door selling Co-op membership for $1.00 each. He severed on the first Board of Directors for the Wilson Farmers Cooperative along with eleven other farmers who had the same vision.
He was elected in 1954 to serve on the Quarterly Court now known as the Wilson County Commission representing the Tuckers Crossroads area.
With losing his father so early in life he learned the importance of being helped and helping others. This life lesson and passion for helping people, especially farmers, served him well in the position of manager of the Production Credit Association. There he was able to loan money to farmers who might not be able to borrow from traditional lending institutions. He served the community in that capacity for 21 years helping farmers with their farm credit needs.
