Geneva Godby Whitaker Taylor, 90 years 1 month and 2 days of age, of Somerset, Kentucky, departed this life on Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 at Seneca Place in Louisville, Kentucky.
Geneva was born in Meece, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 5th, 1930, daughter of the late Marion Strawda Godby and Alice Bell Mounce Godby. Geneva was saved at an early age at Buck Creek Baptist Church and has been involved in Church work much of her life. She was a Sunday School Teacher and was involved in mission work and singing. Geneva was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University was retired from the Pulaski County Board of Education where she taught school at Ferguson and Shopville Elementary Schools. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Geneva was survived by her loving husband, Virthel Taylor of Somerset, Kentucky; five children, Connie (and Brian) Bell of Tybee Island, Georgia, Rita (and Rob) Walters of Lexington, Kentucky, Myron (and Janet) Whitaker of Louisville, Kentucky, and Clifton (and Carolyn) Taylor and Lathalia (and Charles) King, both of Somerset, Kentucky; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and step-grandchildren; one sister, Patricia Dugger of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Godby, departed this life on September 2nd, 1960 and Alice Godby, who departed this life on February 4th, 1969; her first husband, Edwin Kenneth Whitaker, who departed this life on June 25th, 1966; one daughter, Linda Gail Crozier, who departed this life on June 16th, 1985; one grandson, Jeremy Withers; five brothers, Albert Godby, Herbert Godby, Everett Godby, Roy Godby, and Glenn Godby; and four sisters, Hazel Waddle, Norma Reynolds, Crystal Renfrow, and Evelyn Renfrow.
Private services were held for the immediate family only in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
A private burial followed the service for the immediate family only in the Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF GENEVA,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
NOTE: Effective Wednesday, March 18th, 2020, due to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s guidelines, all funeral services will be private and limited to only the immediate family because of the treat of the COVID-19 Virus.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Geneva was born in Meece, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 5th, 1930, daughter of the late Marion Strawda Godby and Alice Bell Mounce Godby. Geneva was saved at an early age at Buck Creek Baptist Church and has been involved in Church work much of her life. She was a Sunday School Teacher and was involved in mission work and singing. Geneva was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University was retired from the Pulaski County Board of Education where she taught school at Ferguson and Shopville Elementary Schools. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Geneva was survived by her loving husband, Virthel Taylor of Somerset, Kentucky; five children, Connie (and Brian) Bell of Tybee Island, Georgia, Rita (and Rob) Walters of Lexington, Kentucky, Myron (and Janet) Whitaker of Louisville, Kentucky, and Clifton (and Carolyn) Taylor and Lathalia (and Charles) King, both of Somerset, Kentucky; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and step-grandchildren; one sister, Patricia Dugger of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Godby, departed this life on September 2nd, 1960 and Alice Godby, who departed this life on February 4th, 1969; her first husband, Edwin Kenneth Whitaker, who departed this life on June 25th, 1966; one daughter, Linda Gail Crozier, who departed this life on June 16th, 1985; one grandson, Jeremy Withers; five brothers, Albert Godby, Herbert Godby, Everett Godby, Roy Godby, and Glenn Godby; and four sisters, Hazel Waddle, Norma Reynolds, Crystal Renfrow, and Evelyn Renfrow.
Private services were held for the immediate family only in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
A private burial followed the service for the immediate family only in the Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF GENEVA,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
NOTE: Effective Wednesday, March 18th, 2020, due to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s guidelines, all funeral services will be private and limited to only the immediate family because of the treat of the COVID-19 Virus.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Geneva Godby Whitaker Taylor, 90 years 1 month and 2 days of age, of Somerset, Kentucky, departed this life on Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 at Seneca Place in Louisville, Kentucky.
Geneva was born in Meece, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 5th, 1930, daughter of the late Marion Strawda Godby and Alice Bell Mounce Godby. Geneva was saved at an early age at Buck Creek Baptist Church and has been involved in Church work much of her life. She was a Sunday School Teacher and was involved in mission work and singing. Geneva was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University was retired from the Pulaski County Board of Education where she taught school at Ferguson and Shopville Elementary Schools. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Geneva was survived by her loving husband, Virthel Taylor of Somerset, Kentucky; five children, Connie (and Brian) Bell of Tybee Island, Georgia, Rita (and Rob) Walters of Lexington, Kentucky, Myron (and Janet) Whitaker of Louisville, Kentucky, and Clifton (and Carolyn) Taylor and Lathalia (and Charles) King, both of Somerset, Kentucky; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and step-grandchildren; one sister, Patricia Dugger of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Godby, departed this life on September 2nd, 1960 and Alice Godby, who departed this life on February 4th, 1969; her first husband, Edwin Kenneth Whitaker, who departed this life on June 25th, 1966; one daughter, Linda Gail Crozier, who departed this life on June 16th, 1985; one grandson, Jeremy Withers; five brothers, Albert Godby, Herbert Godby, Everett Godby, Roy Godby, and Glenn Godby; and four sisters, Hazel Waddle, Norma Reynolds, Crystal Renfrow, and Evelyn Renfrow.
Private services were held for the immediate family only in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
A private burial followed the service for the immediate family only in the Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF GENEVA,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
NOTE: Effective Wednesday, March 18th, 2020, due to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s guidelines, all funeral services will be private and limited to only the immediate family because of the treat of the COVID-19 Virus.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
Geneva was born in Meece, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 5th, 1930, daughter of the late Marion Strawda Godby and Alice Bell Mounce Godby. Geneva was saved at an early age at Buck Creek Baptist Church and has been involved in Church work much of her life. She was a Sunday School Teacher and was involved in mission work and singing. Geneva was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University was retired from the Pulaski County Board of Education where she taught school at Ferguson and Shopville Elementary Schools. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Geneva was survived by her loving husband, Virthel Taylor of Somerset, Kentucky; five children, Connie (and Brian) Bell of Tybee Island, Georgia, Rita (and Rob) Walters of Lexington, Kentucky, Myron (and Janet) Whitaker of Louisville, Kentucky, and Clifton (and Carolyn) Taylor and Lathalia (and Charles) King, both of Somerset, Kentucky; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and step-grandchildren; one sister, Patricia Dugger of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of other family and friends who mourn her passing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Godby, departed this life on September 2nd, 1960 and Alice Godby, who departed this life on February 4th, 1969; her first husband, Edwin Kenneth Whitaker, who departed this life on June 25th, 1966; one daughter, Linda Gail Crozier, who departed this life on June 16th, 1985; one grandson, Jeremy Withers; five brothers, Albert Godby, Herbert Godby, Everett Godby, Roy Godby, and Glenn Godby; and four sisters, Hazel Waddle, Norma Reynolds, Crystal Renfrow, and Evelyn Renfrow.
Private services were held for the immediate family only in the Chapel of the Lake Cumberland Funeral Home in Somerset, Kentucky.
A private burial followed the service for the immediate family only in the Lakeside Memorial Gardens in Pulaski County, Kentucky.
THIS IS A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF GENEVA,
I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an after glow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when my life is done.
NOTE: Effective Wednesday, March 18th, 2020, due to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s guidelines, all funeral services will be private and limited to only the immediate family because of the treat of the COVID-19 Virus.
Memorial created by Cadmus.
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