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Missing elderly Helwestern woman found OK Monday An elderly Helwestern woman was found unhurt just a short distance from her home Monday night after being missing for about four hours. Elsie Goodwin, 85, lives by herself although a son, Reggie Goodwin, lives nearby. She is in good health for her age but is sometimes disoriented and confused. She apparently wandered away from home on the Gilchrist Road sometime Monday. Helwestern and Grove Hill volunteer firemen, Grove Hill police and Clarke County deputies along with Paul Newton of Fulton and his bloodhound "Red," came to the scene to search for her. Reggie Goodwin's wife, Dixie, and daughter, Terri, had walked a short distance from the house and heard a moaning sound from a clump of trees. They found the elderly woman sitting on the ground. Dixie Goodwin said she believed her mother-in-law slipped and fell and couldn't get up. She was helped up and walked to a nearby ambulance and was taken to Grove Hill Memorial Hospital where she was said to be in good condition. She was taken home, ate a bowl of soup and went to bed. Temperatures Monday and Monday evening were not as cold as the previous day and that was good, rescuers said. However, they wondered what the fate of the woman might have been if she had remained outside all night.
The Goodwins thanked everyone for their assistance and concern Monday night.
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