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Shely was the medical director of several area nursing homes and the first administrator of Taylor County Hospital. He served as chairman of both the Taylor County and Lake Cumberland district boards of health. He was a member of the Taylor County Mental Health Board, Taylor County Public Library Board, and the Campbellsville-Taylor County Rescue Advisory Board.<ref name=obit/>​

Shely was the medical director of several area nursing homes and the first administrator of Taylor County Hospital. He served as chairman of both the Taylor County and Lake Cumberland district boards of health. He was a member of the Taylor County Mental Health Board, Taylor County Public Library Board, and the Campbellsville-Taylor County Rescue Advisory Board.<ref name=obit/>​

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==Civic leadership==​

==Civic leadership==

Shely was chairman of the board of Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Campbellsville. He was a member and past president of Campbellsville Rotary International. He was also a half-century member of [[Gideons International]].<ref name=obit/> In 2003, Shely was named one of the first two recipients of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan  Award]] given for community service by Campbellsville University.<ref name=assawards/>​

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Shely was chairman of the board of Citizens Bank and Trust Company in Campbellsville. He was a member and past president of Campbellsville Rotary International. He was also a half-century member of [[Gideons International]].<ref name=obit/> In 2003, Shely was named one of the first two recipients of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan  Award]] given for community service by Campbellsville University.<ref name=assawards/>

Shely served from 1954 until his death on the Campbellsville University board, including the longest period as chairman of any other member of the body. [[W. R. Davenport|William Randolph Davenport]], the president of the previously named Campbellsville College from 1969 to 1988, said that Dr. Shely's "knowledge of our operations, insights, wisdom, and guidance were invaluable – nothing short of [[God]]'s gifts to me through those many years. Only God knows fully the value and eternal effects of his contributions to, and influence on, our university."<ref name=camp>Joan C. McKinney, "Campbellsville University Board of Trustee member since 1954, Dr. Forest F. Shely dies," ''The Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Vol. 9, No. 2 (November 2010), p. 12.</ref>

Shely served from 1954 until his death on the Campbellsville University board, including the longest period as chairman of any other member of the body. [[W. R. Davenport|William Randolph Davenport]], the president of the previously named Campbellsville College from 1969 to 1988, said that Dr. Shely's "knowledge of our operations, insights, wisdom, and guidance were invaluable – nothing short of [[God]]'s gifts to me through those many years. Only God knows fully the value and eternal effects of his contributions to, and influence on, our university."<ref name=camp>Joan C. McKinney, "Campbellsville University Board of Trustee member since 1954, Dr. Forest F. Shely dies," ''The Campbellsvillian: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Campbellsville University,'' Vol. 9, No. 2 (November 2010), p. 12.</ref>