Elvis "Bud" Martin Goins

Elvis “Bud” Martin Goins, age 86 of Sale Creek Mountain, passed away at his home on Saturday, June 7, 2025. He was born on Spring City Mountain on September 10, 1938, the son of the late Bass R. and Louise (Patton) Goins. He was also preceded in death by his son, Charles Dillard Goins; his brothers, Rev. Kenneth Goins and John Goins; and his sister, Christine Chestnut.

Bud lived on Sale Creek Mountain most of his life and served his country in France with the US Army. He was a sheet metal specialist and was employed by Goins Heating and Air, other local heating and air companies, and retired from Callahan Mechanical Contractors in Chattanooga. He was an avid fisherman, was a member of the Sale Creek Church of God, and sang with the Goins quartet.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Nancy Ann (Standifer) Goins of Sale Creek Mountain; his sons, Bass “Marty” (Teresa) Goins and Coy (Annika) Goins, both of Sale Creek Mountain; his daughter, Virginia “Gina” (Michael) James of Soddy-Daisy; his nine grandchildren; his three great-grandchildren; his brothers, Ted (Linda) Goins of Grand Ridge, Florida, Malcolm (Linda) Goins of Dayton, Jay (Brenda) Goins of Dayton, and Dewayne (Alice) Goins of Bakewell; his sisters, Shirley Jewell of Dayton, Barbara Sullivan of Graysville, Connie (Richard) Day of Dayton, and Brenda Smith of Graysville; and his many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Bud will be at Sale Creek Church of God on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. with Bishop Terry Bolton officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour before the service. He will be laid to rest with military honors at Standifer Cemetery on Sale Creek Mountain.

Please share your memories and photos of Bud on his online guest register at www.vanderwallfh.com.

The family is being cared for by Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton, Tennessee.