Estelle Shiles

DE birth records (original) state Estella Shiles was born May 17 1904, daughter of Harry T. Shiles and Jennie Wenzell - it was her 8th child at the time.
Estelle Shiles Gooden, 97, of York Street, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001, at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at the Shellhouse Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Dr. Eddie Leopard will officiate. Burial will be in Glebe Cemetery, New Castle, Del. Mrs. Gooden was a native of Wilmington, Del. She had lived in the Aiken area since 1996. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, New Castle, and a member of the Rainbow Club and the Ozella Mauldin Sunday School class. She was the daughter of the late Harvy Thomas Shiles and Jennie Wenzell Shiles. She was the wife of the late Alfred Harris Gooden Sr. Survivors include a daughter, Eleanor Gooden Bookstaver of Aiken; a son, Alfred H. Gooden of Berryville, Va.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Millbrook Baptist Church Building Fund, 176 E. Pine Log Road, Aiken, 29803. The family will receive friends following the service.

Estelle married Alfred Harris Gooden Sr., son of Edward Gooden and Catherine Harris, on 19 Nov 1924 in New Castle Co., DE.¹ (Alfred Harris Gooden Sr. was born on 16 Jan 1902 in New Castle Co., DE ^{3 5 6} and died in Nov 1973 in DE ⁷.)