Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home obit:
Dr. J. Chester Badgett of Campbellsville, son of the late Thomas F. Badgett and Lelia Grace McClanahan Badgett was born in Casey County, Kentucky, January 18, 1915. He died at 12:38 P.M., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Louisville. Age: 96
He professed faith in Christ early in life and is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He was a 1936 graduate of Georgetown College and received his Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. and Mrs. Badgett served Clear Creek Baptist Church in Woodford County, Little Mount Baptist Church in Spencer County, Utica Baptist Church in Daviess County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Ohio County and Campbellsville Baptist Church in Taylor County, Kowloon Baptist Church in Hong Kong and Bethel Baptist Church in Caracas, Venezuela. He served on the Boards of Trustees at Campbellsville University and New Orleans Theological Seminary, and was past president of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
He was the last surviving charter member of the Campbellsville Kiwanis Club.
He united in marriage to Ruth W. Cloyd September 15, 1936. She preceded him in death November 11, 2009.
He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Tony Badgett and wife Priscilla, Ruth Ann Badgett Shaw and husband Bob of Frankfort and Dr. Thomas Badgett and wife Rachel of Louisville; five grandchildren: Dr. Joseph Russell Shaw and wife Caroline of Bloomington, Indiana, Jason Robert Shaw and wife Rachel of Frankfort, Jill Badgett Van Tassel and husband Joel of Lexington, Julie Badgett of Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Curry Badgett and wife Jeanne of Kensington, Maryland; seven great-grandchildren: Ian Shaw, Emma Shaw, Merritt Shaw, Sawyier Shaw, Elizabeth (Beppy) Badgett, Eleanor Ruth Badgett, and Lois Curry Badgett; one sister and brother-in-law, Sue Ella and Victor Gehlhausen of Stanford; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Faulkner Badgett and Wesley Badgett.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Campbellsville Baptist Church
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church by Rev. Harold Pike, Dr. Skip Alexander, Dr. James E. Jones, Rev. Ken Forman and Rev. Robert Oldham
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
Service Details
Location: Campbellsville Baptist Church
Campbellsville, KY
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. J. Chester Badgett of Campbellsville, son of the late Thomas F. Badgett and Lelia Grace McClanahan Badgett was born in Casey County, Kentucky, January 18, 1915. He died at 12:38 P.M., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Louisville. Age: 96
He professed faith in Christ early in life and is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He was a 1936 graduate of Georgetown College and received his Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. and Mrs. Badgett served Clear Creek Baptist Church in Woodford County, Little Mount Baptist Church in Spencer County, Utica Baptist Church in Daviess County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Ohio County and Campbellsville Baptist Church in Taylor County, Kowloon Baptist Church in Hong Kong and Bethel Baptist Church in Caracas, Venezuela. He served on the Boards of Trustees at Campbellsville University and New Orleans Theological Seminary, and was past president of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
He was the last surviving charter member of the Campbellsville Kiwanis Club.
He united in marriage to Ruth W. Cloyd September 15, 1936. She preceded him in death November 11, 2009.
He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Tony Badgett and wife Priscilla, Ruth Ann Badgett Shaw and husband Bob of Frankfort and Dr. Thomas Badgett and wife Rachel of Louisville; five grandchildren: Dr. Joseph Russell Shaw and wife Caroline of Bloomington, Indiana, Jason Robert Shaw and wife Rachel of Frankfort, Jill Badgett Van Tassel and husband Joel of Lexington, Julie Badgett of Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Curry Badgett and wife Jeanne of Kensington, Maryland; seven great-grandchildren: Ian Shaw, Emma Shaw, Merritt Shaw, Sawyier Shaw, Elizabeth (Beppy) Badgett, Eleanor Ruth Badgett, and Lois Curry Badgett; one sister and brother-in-law, Sue Ella and Victor Gehlhausen of Stanford; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Faulkner Badgett and Wesley Badgett.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Campbellsville Baptist Church
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church by Rev. Harold Pike, Dr. Skip Alexander, Dr. James E. Jones, Rev. Ken Forman and Rev. Robert Oldham
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
Service Details
Location: Campbellsville Baptist Church
Campbellsville, KY
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home obit:
Dr. J. Chester Badgett of Campbellsville, son of the late Thomas F. Badgett and Lelia Grace McClanahan Badgett was born in Casey County, Kentucky, January 18, 1915. He died at 12:38 P.M., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Louisville. Age: 96
He professed faith in Christ early in life and is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He was a 1936 graduate of Georgetown College and received his Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. and Mrs. Badgett served Clear Creek Baptist Church in Woodford County, Little Mount Baptist Church in Spencer County, Utica Baptist Church in Daviess County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Ohio County and Campbellsville Baptist Church in Taylor County, Kowloon Baptist Church in Hong Kong and Bethel Baptist Church in Caracas, Venezuela. He served on the Boards of Trustees at Campbellsville University and New Orleans Theological Seminary, and was past president of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
He was the last surviving charter member of the Campbellsville Kiwanis Club.
He united in marriage to Ruth W. Cloyd September 15, 1936. She preceded him in death November 11, 2009.
He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Tony Badgett and wife Priscilla, Ruth Ann Badgett Shaw and husband Bob of Frankfort and Dr. Thomas Badgett and wife Rachel of Louisville; five grandchildren: Dr. Joseph Russell Shaw and wife Caroline of Bloomington, Indiana, Jason Robert Shaw and wife Rachel of Frankfort, Jill Badgett Van Tassel and husband Joel of Lexington, Julie Badgett of Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Curry Badgett and wife Jeanne of Kensington, Maryland; seven great-grandchildren: Ian Shaw, Emma Shaw, Merritt Shaw, Sawyier Shaw, Elizabeth (Beppy) Badgett, Eleanor Ruth Badgett, and Lois Curry Badgett; one sister and brother-in-law, Sue Ella and Victor Gehlhausen of Stanford; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Faulkner Badgett and Wesley Badgett.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Campbellsville Baptist Church
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church by Rev. Harold Pike, Dr. Skip Alexander, Dr. James E. Jones, Rev. Ken Forman and Rev. Robert Oldham
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
Service Details
Location: Campbellsville Baptist Church
Campbellsville, KY
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
Dr. J. Chester Badgett of Campbellsville, son of the late Thomas F. Badgett and Lelia Grace McClanahan Badgett was born in Casey County, Kentucky, January 18, 1915. He died at 12:38 P.M., Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in Louisville. Age: 96
He professed faith in Christ early in life and is a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He was a 1936 graduate of Georgetown College and received his Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. and Mrs. Badgett served Clear Creek Baptist Church in Woodford County, Little Mount Baptist Church in Spencer County, Utica Baptist Church in Daviess County, Beaver Dam Baptist Church in Ohio County and Campbellsville Baptist Church in Taylor County, Kowloon Baptist Church in Hong Kong and Bethel Baptist Church in Caracas, Venezuela. He served on the Boards of Trustees at Campbellsville University and New Orleans Theological Seminary, and was past president of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
He was the last surviving charter member of the Campbellsville Kiwanis Club.
He united in marriage to Ruth W. Cloyd September 15, 1936. She preceded him in death November 11, 2009.
He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Tony Badgett and wife Priscilla, Ruth Ann Badgett Shaw and husband Bob of Frankfort and Dr. Thomas Badgett and wife Rachel of Louisville; five grandchildren: Dr. Joseph Russell Shaw and wife Caroline of Bloomington, Indiana, Jason Robert Shaw and wife Rachel of Frankfort, Jill Badgett Van Tassel and husband Joel of Lexington, Julie Badgett of Richmond, and Dr. Thomas Curry Badgett and wife Jeanne of Kensington, Maryland; seven great-grandchildren: Ian Shaw, Emma Shaw, Merritt Shaw, Sawyier Shaw, Elizabeth (Beppy) Badgett, Eleanor Ruth Badgett, and Lois Curry Badgett; one sister and brother-in-law, Sue Ella and Victor Gehlhausen of Stanford; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Faulkner Badgett and Wesley Badgett.
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VISITATION: After 5:00 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2011 at the Campbellsville Baptist Church
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church by Rev. Harold Pike, Dr. Skip Alexander, Dr. James E. Jones, Rev. Ken Forman and Rev. Robert Oldham
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery
Service Details
Location: Campbellsville Baptist Church
Campbellsville, KY
Date: Friday, May 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM
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