Barbara Goodin

Funeral Service for Barbara Goodin was held Tuesday, June 10th, 2025, at 10 am at the Comanche Nation Funeral

Home Chapel. Burial followed at Celestial Gardens in Cyril, OK. 

Home Chapel. Barbara Goodin was born Barbara Christine Morris on July 15, 1944. She went to be with the Lord on June 4, 2025, at her home. Her father, Hugh Morris was a non-Indian who met her mother while he was stationed at Camp Riley and she worked in Wichita during World War II. Her mother was Doris Basin Morris, who was the daughter of Frank Blackbear Basin, a full blood Kiowa, and Ada Tivis Basin, a full blood Comanche. Both

were fluent speakers of their respective native languages. Barbara was the oldest of six

children born to Hugh and Doris and was raised in Caddo County in the small community of

Cyril. Barbara graduated from Cyril High School with Honors in May 1962, and married Kenneth Jay

"John" Goodin in July 1962. His father, Joe Goodin was also non-Indian and his mother was

full blood Comanche, Ellen Otipoby Goodin, who was a fluent speaker of the Comanche

Language. Kenneth and Barbara spent most of their married life in Lawton, where he was employed by the

City of Lawton Fire Deparment and retired after 20 years of service. They raised two sons,

David and Robert Goodin, both of whom they are very proud of. David was employed with

Sears in Lawton for 34 years and later retired from Comanche Nation Casino in 2023, and is

married to Tarri Taylor Goodin. Robert, after graduating from Cameron University was

employed with the Comanche Nation Casino for 15 years and then worked at the Apache Nation

Casino and Hotel until the time of his death in 2021, due to complications of Covid-19.

Barbara was involved in community work all her married life with the Lawton PTA Council,

Lawton Title IV Indian Program, Firefighter's Women's Auxiliary, Comanche Tribe's Community

Participation Program, Indian Liaison for the Lawton Public Library, Board of Trustee for the

Comanche County Tourism Development Trust, Board of Directors for the Southwest OK

Genealogical Society, Board of Directors of the SW OK Historical Society, Editor of Prairie Lore

Historical Journal for 14 years, contributing editor for Tree Tracers Genealogical Quarterly,

guest columnist for Lawton Constitution Tree Tracers column, and Board of Directors for the

Comanche Nation Housing Authority. In addition, she has authored several books on Indian

History and research for several publications, including one national publication.

In 1998 she was nominated one of five Outstanding Women in Comanche County, in 2001 she

was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Justice in Oklahoma City for

her contribution in compiling information about the Comanche Code Talkers of World War II,

and in 2007 she was honored in an Exhibit of Outstanding Comanche Women at the Comanche

National Museum. In 2010 she was one of the 50 Native Americans in the state of Oklahoma

that received an award from AARP for her work in preserving the language and culture of the

Comanche Nation. In later years, Barbara shared her knowledge of Indian genealogy with others by giving

workshops, presentations and holding genealogy conferences to guide others on the road she

had already traveled. Since 1993, she and her husband have been involved with the Comanche Language and

Cultural Preservation Committee. They feel their lives have been enriched by having the

privilege to work so closely with many of the tribe's last fluent speakers.

In 1999, Barbara compiled a book of all the articles she has written during that time period

and put them together in a book titled "Indian Research and History, with Biographies, Book

Reviews and Cemeteries." Those books are in libraries throughout the country.

In 2004, she designed the home where she and her husband reside, on his grandmothers

original Comanche Indian Allotment, north of Lawton in rural Elgin. They moved into the home

in 2005 and have a cow/calf operation.

She is survived by her husband Kenneth of 62 years, 11 months and son David and wife Tarri,

all of Elgin. Sisters: Shirley Hartline and husband James of Chickasha, Letha Morris of Cyril,

Brothers: Rick Morris of Cyril, Mike Morris of Lawton.

Nieces: Carla Russell, husband Scott and son of MS, Janet Porter and Jane Antonio and their

families of VA, Laura McGregor and family of Elgin, Christy Hartline and family of Chickasha,

Shauna Richards and family of Chickasha and Chelsea Travis Diaz and family of Cyril.

Nephews: Bill Goodin, wife Sarah of TX, Scott Hartline and family of Chickasha, Larry Travis,

wife Robin and family of Cyril, Michael "Cody" Travis of Cyril, Bart Goodin and family of Cache.

She also leaves behind many friends whom she cherished greatly.

She was proceeded in death by her beloved son Rob Goodin, mother: Doris Bosin Morris and

father Hugh Morris, sister Sharon Goodin, grandparents Friday and John Morris, Ada Tivis Bosin

and Frank Bosin, niece Valorie Newton, great-niece Cierra McGregor Moss, and several aunts,

uncles, cousins and other family members.