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The current Campbellsville Baptist pastor, Skip Alexander, recalled his personal relationship with Padgett: "We both started pastoring at the same age and were both graduates of Georgetown College. We both shared a passion for the lost and a commitment to the SBC Cooperative Program.” Alexander established the Badgett-Jones Scholarship at CU in 2003, the year after he became pastor. He took each recipient of the award to meet personally with Badgett: "This was a living way each semester for us to honor his legacy."<ref name=cedu/> In 1980, Badgett received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the then Campbellsville College.

The current Campbellsville Baptist pastor, Skip Alexander, recalled his personal relationship with Padgett: "We both started pastoring at the same age and were both graduates of Georgetown College. We both shared a passion for the lost and a commitment to the SBC Cooperative Program.” Alexander established the Badgett-Jones Scholarship at CU in 2003, the year after he became pastor. He took each recipient of the award to meet personally with Badgett: "This was a living way each semester for us to honor his legacy."<ref name=cedu/> In 1980, Badgett received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the then Campbellsville College.

Current CU president Michael V. Carter called Badgett "one of the ‘great generation’ of Southern Baptist and Kentucky Baptist leaders, and ... three decades as the senior pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church touched the lives of thousands of people across southern Kentucky and beyond." Carter said that Badgett was "a “stalwart supporter of Campbellsville University and a key member of the CU Board of Trustees for many decades. His passion for evangelism and missions, advocacy of the Cooperative Program and leadership at all levels of our denomination are legendary across the Southern Baptist Convention and Kentucky Baptist Convention."<ref name=cedu/>

Current CU president [[Michael V. Carter]] called Badgett "one of the ‘great generation’ of Southern Baptist and Kentucky Baptist leaders, and ... three decades as the senior pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church touched the lives of thousands of people across southern Kentucky and beyond." Carter said that Badgett was "a “stalwart supporter of Campbellsville University and a key member of the CU Board of Trustees for many decades. His passion for evangelism and missions, advocacy of the Cooperative Program and leadership at all levels of our denomination are legendary across the Southern Baptist Convention and Kentucky Baptist Convention."<ref name=cedu/>

Services were held on May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church with five officiating ministers, including pastors Jones and Alexander. Interment beside his wife at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=findagrave/>

Services were held on May 13, 2011, at the Campbellsville Baptist Church with five officiating ministers, including pastors Jones and Alexander. Interment beside his wife at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=findagrave/>