Breckinridge-Clinton County KyArchives Obituaries.....SHELLEY, Reverend Schuyler Goodson January 25, 1920
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Unknown Kentucky Newspaper   Jan 1920
OBITUARY

REV. S. G. SHELLEY

Prominent Methodist Minister
Known to Everybody in 
Columbia District

AFTER SHORT ILLNESS DIES IN CAMPBELLSVILLE (Taylor County, Kentucky)
     The intelligence of the death of the Reverend S. G. SHELLEY, which occurred at
his home 
in Campbellsville last Sunday morning between midnight and day, cast a gloom over
this 
entire community.  For four years before being assigned to Campbellsville, he was
the 
presiding elder of the Columbia District, and during that time, he resided in
Columbia, and 
often preached to the congregation at this place.
     He was a very lovable man, full of the spirit of God, and was a constant worker
for his 
Master.  He was a strong man intellectually, kind and gentle in manners, drawing all
men 
into his confidence, having only the love of God for his guidance.  His death
brought sorrow 
to every home in this town, and throughout the Columbia District, being classed as a
man of 
God.  His passing is not only a serious blow to the church he loved, but it is a
distinctive 
loss to society, as he stood for right living and taught it from the pulpit.
     The deceased had been a popular minister in this community for many years,
having been 
the presiding elder at two different times, with a few years between the charges.
     He was a man who was never known to be idle.  It mattered not where you saw him
on the 
streets or upon the public highway, he was busy in the cause of his Master.
     The deceased was born and reared in Clinton County, Kentucky, and was licensed
to 
preach when quite a young man, and was about sixty-two years old; and during his
career as 
minister, he filled many important charges in the Louisville Conference.  He had
served a 
church in Louisville, Hopkinsville, and Glasgow, and a number of other churches of
the 
larger towns of Kentucky.
     At the time of his death, he was a member of the Board of Education of the
Louisville 
Conference, and he took a great interest in the Lindsey-Wilson School, this place.
     His death has cast a gloom over the Louisville Conference, and all the churches
of 
Southern Methodism throughout the state.
     There were funeral services at Campbellsville, there being many beautiful
floral 
offerings.  The discourse was preached by the Reverend T. J. Wade, of this place,
who 
succeeded Brother SHELLEY as presiding elder.  He paid high tribute to the life and

character of the deceased.
     The remains will be shipped to Bewleyville, Breckinridge County for interment. 

Bewleyville was the home of Mrs. (Georgia) SHELLEY before her marriage.  Mrs.
SHELLEY has 
been a faithful companion of her now sainted husband, and great sympathy is felt for
her.  
She is a Consecrated Lady, and knows how to reach her God in this great sorrow.
     The hour of the funeral is 2 o'clock this Tuesday afternoon.  During its
progress there 
were no exercises at the Lindsey-Wilson School.  The school sent a beautiful floral
design.


Additional Comments:
#0115 Dowell Cemetery #1, located east of Highway 690 near Larry BOARD farm (owner
in 1991), 
near Corners, in Breckinridge County, Ky.

SHELLEY, Rev. Schuyler Goodson  11 Dec 1856 -- 25 Jan 1920  tombstone dates
(death certificate lists born 11 Dec 1860)
1st husband of Georgia "Georgie" DOWELL
son of Reverend Lewis Strader SHELLEY & Deborah Jane FROGGE
have his death certificate
have his obituary
he has a single tombstone

HIS WIFE REMARRIED; ALSO BURIED HERE:
GODFREY, Georgie D.  18 Feb 1868 -- 18 Aug 1948
wife of #1- The Reverend Schuyler Goodson SHELLEY
married on 15 Sep 1886 Breckinridge County, Ky
wife of #2- Leroy William GODFREY
daughter of Griffin Stith DOWELL & Sarah "Sallie" (nee: DOWELL)
have her death certificate
she has a tombstone

GODFREY, Leroy William  21 Jan 1853 -- 28 Mch 1940
unknown if Leroy had a first wife
2nd husband of: Georgia "Georgie" DOWELL SHELLEY
his parents are unknown
have his death certificate
he has a tombstone
Dana Brown & Peggy Russell

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