GODSEY, S. I.

GODSEY

Posted By: Eldon Clark (email)
Date: 11/9/2004 at 17:30:38

S. I. Godsey

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S. I. Godsey, an old pioneer citizen of western Mills county, died Wednesday night near Whiting at the home of his son Lycurgus Godsey, aged 83 years. The remains will be brought back to Mills county for burial. The funeral will be held next Saturday afternoon and will take place at 1 o'clock at Martin's Chapel, northwest of Glenwood. Burial will be made in the Godsey cemetery near Henton.

The deceased was born in Washington county, Virginia, and came to Putnam county, Missouri, in 1851, and from there to Mills county in 1864, where he continued to reside till a few years ago. He is survived by an aged wife and six children, three children having preceded him.

Of the children L. V. and Lycurgus Godsey live near Whiting, S. W. Godsey near Henton, S. T. resides in

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