William Gene "Bill" Bradshaw of Greensburg, Kentucky, son of the late Henry Carter Bradshaw and Eva Ford Wells Bradshaw, was born on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 in Green County and departed this life on Friday, February 25, 2022 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He was 88 years, 9 months, and 16 days of age.
He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church for over 60 years where he devotedly served as elder, trustee, chairman of the Jeremiah Abell Log Cabin Restoration project, Chairman of the Building Fund projects, and contributed 55 years on the decorating/hosting committees. He was also a retired Carpentry Teacher for the Green County Vocational School after 30 years of service where he touched the lives of countless students in his day and night classes. He attended Western and Eastern Kentucky Universities and the University of Kentucky. He was a Charter Member of the Green County Golf and Country Club and honored with a lifetime membership after 50 consecutive years of being a member. He served on the original founding board and was also president of that board. He was also a lifetime member of the Greensburg Masonic Lodge #54 F&AM, was a Kentucky Colonel, and was also Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky where he served 18 districts. He ran the projector at the Franklin Theater and Skyline Drive-In for many years as one of his earlier jobs. He was co-owner of Bradshaw and Son Cabinet Company servicing cities throughout Kentucky and Indiana. He was on the organizational and building committees of the Green County Sportsman's Club and its first president, along with a member of the State Trap Shooting Team. Past president of the Jaycees, served on the Greensburg City Council and member of the Kentucky League of Cities, and was on the Board of Directors at Jane Todd Crawford Hospital. Past President of the Green County Athletic Boosters Club, member of the Tennessee Walking Horse riding club, the bass singer for the original Joymakers Quartet, and also sang in the Greensburg Presbyterian Church Vesper Service for 50 plus years and the Christmas Cantata many years. After retirement, Bill also worked part-time with Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home. Bill was quite the dancer as well, gliding Nell effortlessly along many dance floors. He participated in local plays and dramas, singings, talent shows and Dancing with the Stars. He was such a wonderful, Christian man, and a southern gentleman always. He loved his family beyond measure, and they all loved him back the same. He will be deeply missed and loved…forever.
Survived by his wife of 63 years, Nell Elizabeth Bass Bradshaw of Greensburg, having united in marriage on February 27, 1959.
Other survivors include a daughter: Lesa Bradshaw of Greensburg and of Cape Coral, Florida; special nieces and nephews: Janie P. Flood. Lauren, James, Rachel, and Ethan Ford. Lindsay, Jeff, Mia and Abbey Landis all of Green County, Jarrett, Kandy, Jenna, Jesse McConnico all of Atlanta, Georgia; Brian, Sherry, and Laura Pickett of Omaha, Nebraska, Michelle, Jake, Theo and Alice Connors all of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Andy and Kim Bass of Campbellsville; other nieces and nephews: Betty, W.C., Roger, Kay and Becky Furkin all of Illinois; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mr. Bradshaw was also preceded in death by his mentor and grandfather: Fred Bradshaw and his wife, Alice; and an infant sister: Mary Alice Bradshaw.
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The funeral services for William Gene "Bill" Bradshaw will be conducted at 12:00 P.M., Central Time, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at the Greensburg Presbyterian Church with Interment in the Ebenezer Cemetery. Rev. Todd Young and Dr. John Odom officiating. Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home in charge of the service arrangements.
Visitation is requested from 5 P.M. until 8 P.M., Central Time, Tuesday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home. From 7 A.M. until 9 A.M., Wednesday at the funeral home, and after 10 A.M., Wednesday at the Greensburg Presbyterian Church until time of the funeral service.
The family has asked that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, the Jeremiah Abell Cabin Fund, or the Life Bridge for Animals Fund, which can be made at the funeral home.
For online condolences: www.cowherdandparrott.com or Facebook.
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