Mr. Robert Godfrey of the Dovesville Community in Darlington peacefully transitioned Sunday, June 19, 2022 at McLeod Hospice Facility - Florence.

The family is receiving friends at 730 President Street, Darlington, S.C. (off Dovesville Highway)

Celebration of life for Mr. Godfrey will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 3208 N. Governor Williams Highway, Darlington, S.C. 29540. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. 

Public viewing will be 12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022 at the funeral home

 Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.

Life Of Reflection

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, Henceforth there !have up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day; and not to me only. but unto all them also that love his appearing.

(2 Timothy 4: 7-8)

Mr. Robert Godfrey was born September 2, 1966 in Newark, New Jersey to Doretha Jackson Bush and the late Robert Godfrey Sr. He quietly departed this life on Sunday, June 19, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina

He received his formal education in the Darlington County Public School System and attended Hartsville High School. He worked at Adam Coastal Farms where he was faithful at his duties and took pride in what he was asked to do.

Robert would often go above and beyond the many things asked of him because that's who he was.

Robert was a member of Hartsville Bible Baptist Church. He loved fishing and Nascar racing. His favorite sports teams were the Atlanta Braves and the Dallas Cowboys.

Robert was preceded in death by his father Robert Godfrey, Sr.; a sister, Karen Tucker; his grandparents, Clifton and Rosa Lee Jackson, and a brother in law, Alphonso Martin.

Robert leaves to cherish his memories in the lives of: his mother and step-father, Doretha (Carl) Bush of Darlington, S.C.; one sister Rosella Godfrey of Hartsville, S.C.; one brother Woodroe (Beverly) Godfrey of Darlington, S.C.; two nephews Kevon (Shanita) Godfrey, and Jukelvin Kennedy; two nieces: Darcel (James) Godfrey Ross and Alesha Martin; his aunts and uncles: Paulette Caldwell of Brooklyn, NY, Eunice Jackson of Darlington, S.C., Evangelist Mary (Jerome) George of Florence, S.C,. John Davis of New Jersey; devoted family member Vernadette Godfrey, a host of great nieces and nephews, special friends:

Mary George, Dargan Tyner both of Darlington, S.C. Candace and Michelle Tyner both of Florence, S.C; his former bosses Cliff and Eddie Adams whom he worked with for 37 years; a host of other relatives and very dear friends.