BOONE — Former North Carolina Sen. Steve Goss, 65, of Boone, died at his home on Monday, Oct. 26.
Goss served two terms in the North Carolina Senate, where he represented 180,000 constituents from Ashe, Alexander, Wilkes and Watauga counties, according to state records and his obituary posted by Boone Family Funeral Home.
Goss was born in Warrensville, N.C., on Nov. 7, 1949, and attended Ashe Central High School. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences with a minor in education in 1972 from Appalachian State University, and received a master’s of divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1982, according to the obituary.
Before his time in the N.C. Senate, Goss started his career as a teacher and football coach.
Goss also served as a Southern Baptist minister for more than 40 years, serving various churches from Eastern North Carolina to Southern Virginia.
According to the obituary, Goss married Phyllis Johnson Goss on July 19, 1970.
Goss is survived by his wife and two children and their spouses, Andy and Kaleigh Goss of Crestview, Fla., and David and Kelly Sechrist of Wilmington, N.C.
He also is survived by five grandchildren, one brother and one sister.
Visitation was held at the Boone Family Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, and the funeral will be held at Fletcher Memorial Baptist Church in Jefferson at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
For more information, visit http://www.boonefuneralhome.com.
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