Services for Roland Albert Goyette, 75, of St. George Island, Fla., are at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at St. George Island United Methodist Church with the Rev. Themo Patriotis and Father Roger Latosynski officiating. Mr. Goyette died Jan. 11 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Fla. He was born June 29, 1933, in Pawtucket, R.I., to Roland Albert Goyette Sr. and Agnes Christopher Goyette. In 1953, Roland married the late Pauline Forand who preceded him in death in 1993. A Navy veteran, Roland was president of the Rhode Island Junior Chamber of Commerce. As a young man, he owned Liberty Foundry. He worked as a vice president for sales and marketing for HBA Cast Products in Bristol, Va., and retired as general manager for Hubbell Lighting in Moultrie in 1999. He married Patricia Robson in 1995 who survives. Roland has always loved the beach and being on the water and was very happy to buy the house on St. George Island with Patricia. He enjoyed golf his whole life and was thrilled to play in England and Scotland. He volunteered as a fireman with Old Saybrook, Connecticut Fire and Rescue and with St. George Island Light house reclamation and with homeland security with the Florida Coast Guard. Other survivors include his son, Roland Albert Goyette III, his wife Melissa Harter of Concord, N.C.; their son, Brandon Albert Goyette and wife, Kelly Baumer; their three sons, Collin Albert, Carter William, Caden Basil of Oakboro, N.C.; son, Thomas Lowell of Concord; his daughter, Judith Goyette Payne, her husband, Terry and sons Harrison Dale and Adrian Monroe of Sugar Hill, Ga.; his son, Russell Alan Goyette Sr., his wife, Suzanne Banks and their two sons, Russell Alan Jr., Travis Christopher and daughter, Addie Suzanne of Bristol, Va.; his son, Christopher Armand Goyette and his wife, Julie Crumpton; their daughter, Tempest Wren and son, Spencer James of High Point, N.C.; his brother, Ronald Goyette and his wife Cil of Harrisburg, Penn.; niece, Lori Ann; his nephew Jeffrey, his wife, Mickie and children; stepdaughter, Julie Logue Reichert, her husband, Wallace and sons Taylor, Hunter and Cooper; his stepsons, Stephen, John, and Charles Logue. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday prior to the service. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Roland's name may be directed by mail to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105 or online at https://www.stjudemedicalcenter.org/Donations. — Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home