Funky Flamingo Owners Die Within Months
The Community Can Donate to Help Funeral Costs and Keep the Shop Afloat In a span of two months, both of the owners of the Funky Flamingo in Gulfport – married couple Christopher Clark, 33 and Thomas Goodall, 36 – have passed away. Goodall died on Thursday, February 25 and Clark followed Wednesday, April 7. The suspected cause of death for both is cytomegalovirus. “I think the community should know,” Clark’s mother, and Funky Flamingo co-owner, Anita McLaughlin said. “I don’t know for a fact Thomas had it, but their deaths were very similar.” Many of Clark and Goodall’s friends, family and other members of the community came out for a benefit on Sunday, April 11 to aid with the funeral costs and help keep the shop afloat. “It was phenomenal; a lot, lot of love,” McLaughlin said. “It’s been such a whirlwind, but I was surprised at the outcome on Sunday.”
ANITA MCLAUGHLIN
By Abby Baker
“Chris was the love of my life, he loved people and he really loved Tommy,” Chris’s mother, Anita McLaughlin said. “You could see how bad he hurt when he lost him.”
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