Elmwood Cemetery

Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma

© Billings Funeral Home
Submitted by: Terry Dudley

Carol Ann (Larkey) Goodballet

April 27, 1948 - January 25, 2026

Carol Goodballet, 77 year old Woodward resident, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2026 in Woodward. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 30, 2026 at the Free Will Baptist Church with Dr. Allen Mabra officiating. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Billings Funeral Home.

Carol Ann (Larkey) Goodballet was born on April 27, 1948 in Mooreland, Oklahoma to Chad Donovan and Frances Yvonne (Davis) Larkey. Carol grew up in Mooreland and graduated from Mooreland High School.

She was united in marriage to Joseph Goodballet Sr. on March 9, 1966 at the First Christian Church in Mooreland, Oklahoma. Joe's father James Goodballet conducted the ceremony. They made their first home in Davisville, Rhode Island before moving back to Woodward in 1978. Carol was a homemaker and also worked at Walmart.

She was a faithful member of the Free Will Baptist Church. Carol loved spending time with her family and her church family. She enjoyed puzzles and arts and crafts.

She is survived by a son Joseph "Joe" Goodballet, Jr. and wife Carla of Mooreland; a daughter Laura Adams and husband Jerry of Calera, Oklahoma; one brother Charles "Buck" Larkey and wife Bonnie of Woodward; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joseph Goodballet, Sr., brothers, sisters, nephews, and cousins.