LEWES - Earnest Junior Gooch died Sat Sept. 12, 2015 at Beebe Medical Center after a brief illness. Junior was born Nov. 26, 1927 in Lewes to the late Ernest Sr., and Letha A. Daisey Gooch. Junior retired in 1990 from the State Del Dot at Gravel Hill. Junior served an enlistment with the US Army. He is survived by three brothers, James R. Jake & Robert Gooch of Lewes, Del. and Ernest Allen, Jr. of Milford, Del; three sisters, Dorothy & Verdell Johnson of Alabama, Bertie Banks of Millsboro, Del., and Agnes Allen of Lincoln, Del. Services will be held Sat. Sept. 19, 2015 at 12 Noon where friends may call at the church 2 hours before service. Friendship Baptist Church /500 W. 4th St, Lewes, DE 19958 ARR: Miller Funeral Home & Cremations, 11475 Commercial Lane, Laurel, De 19956, 302-734-8100 & 302-947-1144. www.millerfuneralandcremation.com