Rev Robert Sayers Sheffey

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Rev Robert Sayers Sheffey

Birth
Ivanhoe, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Death
30 Aug 1902 (aged 82)
White Gate, Giles County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Trigg, Giles County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2442283, Longitude: -80.6810083
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Rev. Sheffey was a Circuit Riding Methodist Preacher in and around the Appalachian Mountains. Never once preaching for Money. His first well known Job was as a school teacher in Virginia from there he felt the call to preach the Gospel.
Rev. Sheffey was a Circuit Riding Methodist Preacher in and around the Appalachian Mountains. Never once preaching for Money. His first well known Job was as a school teacher in Virginia from there he felt the call to preach the Gospel.

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In Memory of Our Father REV. Robert S. Sheffey "Fully consecrated to God's service , he preached the gospel without money and without price and has entered his reward. The poor were sorry when he died."

Gravesite Details

A camp meeting site dedicated in 1978 to Sheffy has gated entrance adjacent to cemetery.