[1] First Baptist Church, Moore Street, Fayetteville.
Father: Edward Timmons (US Army)
Mother: Beulah
Husband: Ernest J. Goodson (two sons)
Son: Ernest, Jr. ("Sonny")
Son: Aaron
High School: Pine Forest High School, Fayetteville, NC (1972)
University: BA Speech, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1976)
Law School: JD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law (1979)
Administrator: Board of Visitors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina State Supreme Court Justice (2006-)
North Carolina State Official Judge, Court of Appeals (1997-2005)
North Carolina State Official Judge, 12th District Court (1984-97)
Lumbee River Legal Services, Inc. Staff Attorney (1983-84)
North Carolina State Official Assistant District Attorney, 12th District (1981-83)
US Census District Manager (1979-80)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
American Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
Order of the Long Leaf Pine
