Brandi Gooden

Brandi Gooden (49) was born on September 27, 1974 in Opelika, AL. She went to rest on July 19, 2024.

She graduated from Beauregard High School then navigated to the field of nursing where she completed her LPN from Southern Union. Brandi worked in various fields such as hospice, home health and specialty care during her 25 years of work, lastly in the Skilled Nursing Facility at East Alabama in Lanier. Nursing was a natural career where she nurtured and cared for people, both patients and those beyond the walls of her job. To know Brandi was to love her for her ability to bring joy and laughter in the room. She returned to school to complete her RN degree in nursing - determined to always be better and prove it’s never too late to accomplish your dreams. Brandi is known for her thoughtfulness and willingness to give the very shirt off her back. In her free time, she loved to tend to her chickens, set a bonfire ablaze and spend time with family and friends.

Brandi was preceded by her father Doug Kistler.

She is survived by her mother Linda (Baker) Kistler, husband Stephen Gooden, daughters Katie Smith (Dylan) and Nora Austin, sister Sheree (Caldwell) Cox, niece/nephews Drake Samford, Mary Whitten Reid (Connor), and Gage Cox.

Visitation service will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home from 9:00-11:00am. A memorial service will immediately follow at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home at 11:00pm.