Willo Jean Bacon was born
March 29, 1958 in South Hill,
VA and quietly departed this world on
Tuesday, August 1, 2023, after a
lengthy illness, at the Alamance
Regional Medical Center in Burlington,
N.C.
Willo was educated in the
Mecklenburg County Public Schools.
She was a member of the Bluestone
High School Marching Band and
participated in various other activities.
A woman of beauty, she was once, a
sponsored contestant in the Miss
South Central Fair Beauty Pageant.
ln her youth, along with her family,
she attended the St. Luke Baptist
Church in Skipwith, VA. Childhood
memories include summers working
alongside her siblings and cousins on
the farm of her grandparents, Claude
and Ardele Dokes, which taught her
strong work ethics. As an adult, she
enjoyed traveling to various places
both stateside and abroad. ln later life
she became especially fond of Hawaii
after living and working there for a
short period of time and often spoke of
wanting to retire there.
Willo was skilled at baking. She
enjoyed listening to jazz music and had
a fondness for Chihuahuas. Her all time
favorite show was “The Young and the
Restless”.
She leaves to cherish her memory two sons, Tremayne Dokes and Adrian
Bacon of Chatham, VA; one sister, Rhonda
Odemns (Steve) of Clarksville, VA: one
brother, Ivan Gooch (Tracey) of Placentia,
CA.; two nephews, Anthony Burwell of
Clarksville, VA and Jalen Gooch of
Placentia, CA; one niece, Janae (Justin) of
Placentia, CA; one great niece, Penelope
Burwell of Brooklyn, New York.
Additionally a host of aunts, uncles,
cousins, and friends. Along with her best
friend since elementary school, Marie
Webb.
She was preceded in death by her
mother, Margaret Gooch, her stepfather,
Ronald Gooch, her brother, Dennis Gooch;
and a nephew, Christopher Burwell.
We will miss her dearly.

A Memorial Service for Mrs. Willo Jean Dokes Bacon will be held on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the St. Luke Baptist Church in Skipwith, Virginia with the Elder Frederick Betts, Eulogist.