The process was:

1. Moved from Godaddy shared hosting to Premium/Secure/Dedicated WordPress Hosting at: WPEngine Manged WordPress Hosting (with an SSL)
2. Leave ALL old WP files behind that may have been scattered into the core files outside of wp-content
3. Get the site up with a copy of wp-content as it was
4. Update everything and I mean everything in plugins & theme
5. Get rid of anything and everything that wasn’t needed
6. Install WordFence, Sucuri Security & Anti-Malware from GOTMLS.NET
7. Locate any questionable files, database entries
8. Delete, back-up, delete, back-up and test
9. Create new XML sitemap and resubmit to Google Search Console
10. Clear with Comodo, Google Safe Search and several others