Cleo Patricia Still Godsey

Cleo Patricia ‘Pat’ S. Godsey, age 80, a resident of Culleoka, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday evening, January 14, 2025. 

She was born in San Antonio, Texas to the late Cleo and Charles Still. As a toddler, her family moved to Anniston, Alabama, where Pat was raised and met her husband of 63 years, Mike Godsey. Pat and Mike moved to the Nashville area in the 1970’s to pursue their careers, and raise their children in Brentwood, TN. Later in life, they followed through on a romantic idea of renovating an old farmhouse in Culleoka, TN and decided to retire in the countryside where they enjoyed the last 24 years of Pat’s life together. 

Pat was known for her deep faith, her love of family and friends, being a real ‘go-getter’, and her unflinching positive attitude, despite living half her life with debilitating chronic illnesses since her mid-40’s. 

Before incurring her chronic illnesses, she lived a full life raising her two children as a working mom, starting her own commercial real-estate company in Brentwood, regularly volunteering to serve those less privileged, being a founding member of Brentwood’s Clearview Baptist Church, and even starting an all-ages rock club for teenagers at the local YMCA. She was indeed a go-getter, and stayed active! 

After Pat’s illness and having to effectively retire early at 44 and bring all her activities to a sudden halt, she later found solace volunteering to teach Bible Study classes to nursing home residents and prisoners in Columbia, TN. She also stayed engaged with church, family and friends as much as her health would allow. When her son Michael and daughter Cleo Michele and their spouses were in town visiting from their homes in New York City, Shanghai, China and Munich, Germany, Pat loved getting out with her ‘kids’ for local excursions to good restaurants, hearing live music, and over the last 9 years playing with her grandson Caspar. 

With her husband Mike, Pat shared a love of family and friends; watching daily Bible studies together; watching golf and Bama play football; taking care of their beloved pets; and enjoying quiet time on the front porch taking in their beautiful view of the Culleoka rolling hills, on what they call their ‘‘Morning Side of the Mountain’’. Most of all, Pat and Mike shared an unwavering love, a deep friendship, and Christian faith, all which held them together through the good times and the hard times since those early days of ‘going steady’ in Anniston, Alabama high school. 

Pat is survived by her husband Mike Godsey, daughter Cleo Michele Godsey, son in-law Hubertus Breuer and grandson Caspar Breuer. Her son, Michael Godsey, passed away at age 47 in May 2012. Her sister, Charlie Ann Still, passed away at age 15 in 1963. 

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 3:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home. Following the service, she will be entombed at Maury Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. A visitation will also be held on Thursday, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM at the funeral home. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.