Sandra Marie Alston Goodley

02/22/1950 - 12/11/2025

No more grief or sorrow,
No more suffering or pain,
Now there is everlasting peace.
Because the angels came.


Mrs. Sandra Alston Goodley, age, 75, of Raleigh. North Carolina (formerly of Warren County, NC) departed this life on Thursday, December 11, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, December 27,2025 at 3:00pm in the chapel of Boyd & Royster Funeral Services. The Bishop Troy Carter will officiate.

Sandra leaves to cherish her loving memory her beloved son, Paul Jerrard Alston (Vielka Maria); her grandchildren, Nikia Alston, Ashli Lewis, Kevin Alston, Jabari Lovick, and Joshua Alston; and her precious great-grandson, Josiah McNeil (Nikia), her adopted grandchildren Vielka Krishana Santiago-Matthews (Rodney) children Rodrigo and Rohan and Rolando Antonion Santiago (Juana) son Andres.

She also leaves behind her devoted and loving cousin, Carlisa Cooper, whom she loved and cherished as a daughter, and Carlisa’s children, Cameron and Camille, whom Sandra proudly considered and loved as her grandchildren.

Sandra is further remembered by her brothers, Lindsay Alston (Mandy), Timothy Baskerville (Denise), and Cornelius Alston (Tangee), her dear sister/friend Ms. Lynda along with a host of cherished cousins, aunts, uncles, extended family, and dear friends.

No Public viewing.

Professional services entrusted to Boyd & Royster Funeral Services.