Paul Hunter Godsey of Bartlett, who pastored churches in the Memphis area for 35 years, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at Cordova Rehabilitation Center. He was 86.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East.
Mr. Godsey, who grew up in Tupelo, played semi-professional baseball in Lincoln, Neb., until an injury ended his career. A World War II veteran, he was a professional protographer and owned Paul's Portrait Studio while attending Fulton (Miss.) Bible College.
He pastored Scenic Hills, Breedlove and Victory Heights Baptist churches in the Memphis area. He was an usher and a member of the Yokefellow Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church.
Mr. Godsey, the husband of Allen Elcan Godsey, also leaves two sons, Paul Allen Godsey and David Godsey, both of Bartlett, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 12, 1998
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East.
Mr. Godsey, who grew up in Tupelo, played semi-professional baseball in Lincoln, Neb., until an injury ended his career. A World War II veteran, he was a professional protographer and owned Paul's Portrait Studio while attending Fulton (Miss.) Bible College.
He pastored Scenic Hills, Breedlove and Victory Heights Baptist churches in the Memphis area. He was an usher and a member of the Yokefellow Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church.
Mr. Godsey, the husband of Allen Elcan Godsey, also leaves two sons, Paul Allen Godsey and David Godsey, both of Bartlett, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 12, 1998
Paul Hunter Godsey of Bartlett, who pastored churches in the Memphis area for 35 years, died of respiratory failure Tuesday at Cordova Rehabilitation Center. He was 86.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East.
Mr. Godsey, who grew up in Tupelo, played semi-professional baseball in Lincoln, Neb., until an injury ended his career. A World War II veteran, he was a professional protographer and owned Paul's Portrait Studio while attending Fulton (Miss.) Bible College.
He pastored Scenic Hills, Breedlove and Victory Heights Baptist churches in the Memphis area. He was an usher and a member of the Yokefellow Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church.
Mr. Godsey, the husband of Allen Elcan Godsey, also leaves two sons, Paul Allen Godsey and David Godsey, both of Bartlett, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 12, 1998
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery East.
Mr. Godsey, who grew up in Tupelo, played semi-professional baseball in Lincoln, Neb., until an injury ended his career. A World War II veteran, he was a professional protographer and owned Paul's Portrait Studio while attending Fulton (Miss.) Bible College.
He pastored Scenic Hills, Breedlove and Victory Heights Baptist churches in the Memphis area. He was an usher and a member of the Yokefellow Sunday School Class at Bellevue Baptist Church.
Mr. Godsey, the husband of Allen Elcan Godsey, also leaves two sons, Paul Allen Godsey and David Godsey, both of Bartlett, three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
Date: February 12, 1998
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