This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bottomly Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2387 Message Board Post: The Rev. Thomas BOTTOMLY, the oldest Methodist minister in the State, died at Hopkinsville on Thursday of last week. He was in the 93d year of his age and had been a preacher for 70 years. He was well known over the State and was much beloved by all who knew him. In his younger days he was power in the pulpit and his whole life was one that was above reproach. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Oct. 5, 1894)