Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-24
WOODS PAYS TRIBUTE
TO.JUDCE GOODBYE
Eustis, Fla, August Is, 1920.
Judge John D. Goodloe is dead!

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The announcement brought a
shock, of sorrow and deep regret to
the undersigned, for I measured the
man by the standards of the noblest
| Kentuckians living and dead. I rever-
ed him so that once twenty years ago
l asked that / might write his obitu-
airy should he pass away before did
am not sufficiently familiar with his
career before he had reached middle
life to do him justice, but I did COM
prehen'i his worth and later achieve
| msntS and admired him so greatly
that few contemporaries could reach
higher levels of admiration for him.
And now, without the essential de-
tails for a story of the illustrious ca
reer of the lamented Judge Goodloe,
and being nearly thousand miles
from those who might correctly tell
| me, l am reduced to the necessity of
giving personal estimate of the man
rather than historic narrative wor-
thy of so splendid a Kentucky gentle
man. | recall that he told me he was
born in Boyle county, a fact that ra-
Their disappointed me, for l was so
loyal to the county of my adoption,
| Madison, that l hated to acknowledge
that another county could claim the
birthplace of so grand a man, fit as
| he was to rank with the host of il
| lustrious names which gave fame to
| the home county of such historic char
acters as Daniel Boone, Kit Carson,
Cassius NJ. Clay, Curtis Field Bur
nam, David r. Francis, William Joel
Stone, James B. McCreary and a mum
Der of other distinguished sons and
daughters, such as Samuel S. Parkes,
William Is. Smith, Blutus J. Clay, An
tEony Rollins Bu4nam, Judge Breck,
Richard White Miller, Jerry Sullivan,
Judge William c. Miller, Judge Sam
uel Estill, Judge William c.. Goodloe,
William N. Irvine, Dir Robert Brock,
Charles Searcy, Thomas ]. Smith, Jr.,
Thomas j. MOberly, Green B. TQIlcy,,
Waller Bennett, ]. Stone Walker,
Thompson S. Burnam, Robert r. Bur-
nam, Charles j. Bronston, Green Clay
Smith, Judge Broaddus, Thomas E.
Baldwin, j. Speed Smith, junior and /
senior, Mrs. James Bennett, Mrs. Ma
ry B. Clay, Miss Laura CLAY, Miss4
Belle H. Bennett, Mrs. Elise Clay Benz
nett Smith, Colonel Caperton, Squire
Turner, Tevis Cobb, Rodes Shackel- i
ford, Will Crutcher, Will Letcher,
John Greenleaf, Billie Miller, Marion
Green, Col. Sam Stone, Estills, Che
naults, Burnams, BENEFITS, Deather-
ages, Oldhams, Rodes, Collins and
other noted families-names asso-
ciated with the greatness of the coun-
ty of Madison present and past, end
having to do in large measure With
national and international affairs.
Excepting Boone, Carson and Estill,
the subject of this sketch, Judge John
d. GoOdloe, was the neighbOr. friend
and associate of the array of pre-emi- 3
nent individuals l have named. And T
linked with the foremost of these!
Forbid the thought! In character, in
telligence, patriotism and christian h
principles, he was inferior to none.
Though his parents and grandpa
rents were natives of Madison county,
Judge Goodloe was born in Danville,
Boyle county, and received his 1iplo-
ma at Centre College, He received his
law education at the University of
Kentucky. He was city attorney of
Danville and county attorney Of Boyle )
county and then twice county judge {,
of Boyle county before he chose farm
ing for his occupation and moved to
Madison county, where he lived the
GREETED that Judge Goodloe had little
taste for politics, so clear-headed and
clean and wise was he, his aid in shap-
ing our laws and in restraining the
evil and unwise acts of others would
have counted much for the prese5va-
ton of the integrity and wisdom of
our law-making bodies. That he was
a man such as l have just indicated
is proven by the fact that in a con-
test in the middle nineties, his nsme
was sprung in convention and he ]
was nominated for state senator ever .
a candidate who until that moment
had clear field and easy sailing. ]
Judge Goodloe was at the moment on I,
his farm, and thus was like Cincin- .
natus called from the pillow, which he (,
loved better. #
Judge Goodloe was student of af- .
fairs and his opinion was held in the +
highest esteem by his neighbors. Be
ing farmer of choice, he had a great
influence in molding the character of {
the citizenship about him. How SUPER f
or were his opportunities thus to 9
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