Also surviving are three daughters: Paula Lucas of Lancaster, PA, Betty Cummings and Sherri Walls, both of Bedford, IN; one son, Rick Godsey of Bedford, IN; three brothers: Beckam and Hobert Godsey, both of Springville, IN, and Ivan Godsey of Mitchell, IN; five sisters: Elsie Banks of Springville, IN, Ruby Atkins and Artie Workman, both of Bloomington, IN, Dorothy Hall of Oolitic, IN, and Alma Bottorff of Bedford, IN; twelve grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Kay Storms; two brothers, Oliver and Herstel Godsey; and one sister, Zelma Rainbolt.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a retired railroad worker for CSX Transportation. He was a member of the Crossroads Community Church and the Bedford Eagles lodge.
Services for Bob Godsey will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 1st, at the Day & Carter Mortuary with Bros. Ken Ransom and Phil Thorne officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memorial Gardens with graveside military rites accorded by the American Legion Gillen Post 33, Bedford.
Also surviving are three daughters: Paula Lucas of Lancaster, PA, Betty Cummings and Sherri Walls, both of Bedford, IN; one son, Rick Godsey of Bedford, IN; three brothers: Beckam and Hobert Godsey, both of Springville, IN, and Ivan Godsey of Mitchell, IN; five sisters: Elsie Banks of Springville, IN, Ruby Atkins and Artie Workman, both of Bloomington, IN, Dorothy Hall of Oolitic, IN, and Alma Bottorff of Bedford, IN; twelve grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Kay Storms; two brothers, Oliver and Herstel Godsey; and one sister, Zelma Rainbolt.
He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a retired railroad worker for CSX Transportation. He was a member of the Crossroads Community Church and the Bedford Eagles lodge.
Services for Bob Godsey will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 1st, at the Day & Carter Mortuary with Bros. Ken Ransom and Phil Thorne officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memorial Gardens with graveside military rites accorded by the American Legion Gillen Post 33, Bedford.
Family Members
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Oliver Godsey
1908–1927
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Charles Beckam Godsey
1910–1999
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Zelma Melinda Godsey Rainbolt
1912–1993
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Dorothy J Godsey Hall
1914–2002
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Hobert T. Godsey
1916–2003
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Ernest Hurstle Godsey
1919–1984
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Artie Lou Godsey Workman
1921–2010
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Mary Elsie Godsey Banks
1923–2007
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Alma Christine Godsey Bottorff
1925–2018
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Ruby E. Godsey Adkins
1930–2004
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Lowell G Godsey
1933–1933
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Ivan Godsey
1935–2009
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