Gooch, George Betts (1846-1914)

Transcription of obituary published in the Primitive Methodist Magazine by W.H.W.

Blue Bell Hill Church, Nottingham V, Circuit, not only lost a trustee and society steward when George Betts Gooch crossed the river, on August 13th, 1914, in his sixty-eighth year, but it lost one of God’s good men. His name in the Church and in the neighbourhood will long be revered. His mother carried him in her arms as a child to the class meetings, and he grew up to love the means of grace. His enthusiasm in the temperance cause fifty years ago is still remembered.

He came to Nottingham in 1881 and joined Hockley Society, which sent him, with others, to establish a Sunday school at Blue Bell Hill. No work was too hard for him, and he toiled mightily to build up the society at Blue Bell Hill. He loved Zion with a tender love; his presence at worship was regular; his gifts were generous to a degree.

The funeral at Nottingham General Cemetery on August 15th, was conducted by Rev. W.H. Wright, assisted by Messrs. Henry Clarke, W.C. Voce, and W.H. Taylor. We pray God’s promises may be fulfilled to the widow in her great loss.