Mitchell Gordon Goodpaster, 71, died Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Born April 18, 1954, in Mt. Sterling, he was a horseman and proprietor of Goodpaster Horses, a horse transportation business.
Survivors include his son, Shawn Goodpaster (Jamie); grandchildren, Brody and Emory Goodpaster; sisters, Beth Cummings (Bob) and Lisa Goodpaster (Jon Kent); nephews, Damion Goodpaster, Zane Riggs (Julie), and Reid Cummings (Maggie); and a niece, Audrey Goodpaster.
He was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Betty Goodpaster; father, Harold Gordon Goodpaster; brother, Lee Goodpaster; grandparents, George and Maude Goodpaster; and grandmother, Martha Reid.
Celebration of life will be conducted 2-4 p.m.,Saturday, April 18, which would’ve been his 72nd birthday, at Caudill Farms in Mt. Sterling.
