Stacey, George William (1876-1949)

Obituary from Minutes of the Methodist Conference

Born at Sheffield in 1876. His native city held a conspicuous place in his life and ministry.

Entering the Ministry of the Methodist New Connexion in 1899, he was trained at the Ranmoor Theological College in Sheffield. In 1936 he commenced an eight years’ term in the Sheffield (Carver Street) circuit, and was later appointed as a Supernumerary to the Chaplaincy of the Firths’ Almshouses in Sheffield.

He was a man of choice spirit, scholarly tastes, and wide reading. His friendships were rich and enduring:

He was an able preacher exercising a fruitful teaching ministry, a beloved and untiring pastor and an excellent administrator. He rendered fine service to the Halifax and Bradford and Rochdale Districts of the United Methodist Church as Chairman.

Teacher-training was an outstanding feature of his ministry. He was a man of wide human interests, a musician of ability, and a lover of outdoor sports, excelling at tennis and golf.

He leaves a fragrant memory of a faithful minister of Jesus Christ, a devout soul, gracious, modest, and well-beloved.

He died, after a painful illness bravely borne, in the Royal Hospital, Sheffield, on 24th November 1949.

©Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 1950

Family

George was born in Sheffield, in the 4th quarter of 1876. Beckerlegge believed him to be the youngest child of Rev James Stacey, but there is no evidence in the 1881 census for that assertion. He was however executor of the will of Mary Alice Stacey, a daughter of the Rev. James Stacey, and his own executor was a grandson of the same man.

As yet, no evidence has emerged as to his life before entering the ministry.

He married Bertha Sutcliffe (1876-1947) during the 2nd quarter of 1903 in Ecclesfield Bierslow Registration District. They had a son, who died young and adopted a daughter

George died on 24th November 1949 in Sheffield.

Circuits

• 1897  Ranmoor College
• 1899  Nottingham Parliament Street
• 1900 Cheslyn Hay
• 1902  London Packington Street (received into Full Connexion)
• 1904  Nottingham Redcliffe Road
• 1906  Huddersfield (High Street)
• 1910  Bradford Shearbridge
• 1914  Lindley
• 1919  Halifax Hanover
• 1925 Darwen
• 1932 Cardiff Newport Road
• 1934 Cardiff Roath
• 1936 Sheffield Carver Street
• 1944 Sheffield, Firth’s Almshouses (Chaplain, supernumerary)

He was Chairman of the Halifax and Bradford District in 1920 and the Rochdale District in 1930

References

Oliver A Beckerlegge, United Methodist ministers and their circuits: Being an arrangement in alphabetical order of the stations of ministers of the Methodist New … and the United Methodist Church, 1797-1932

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers

Minutes of the Methodist Conference 1950 p 133