10 In loving memory of Larry Goodwill
It’s been a year since I have felt your arms around me. I miss your big bear hugs. I 
miss your joy in serving Jesus and leading others to the Lord. I miss your funny stories. I miss your smiling face and your contagious laughter. I miss seeing your arms raised up the first thing in the morning, praying to Jesus. I miss hearing the words every morning, “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it” and “Use us Lord any way you see fit.” I miss seeing you sitting at the table studying the Word of God. I miss our family prayers. I miss the, “Honey, I love you,” many times a day. I miss you and Cody working on the cars or laughing over a television show. Yes, I even miss your grumpiness. I miss you singing and playing the guitar. I miss the calls from Wendy asking your advice on how to build or fix something or your take on a scripture. I miss seeing our grand kids piling on top of you as you sit in your favorite chair. I miss your busyness in the kitchen, the joy you had feeding us and other people. I miss the calls from those who needed you to pray for them or just to hear that you cared about them. I miss us blowing kisses to each other as you left for work in the morning. I miss you tapping your brakes each time you left our home; just to say, I love you one more time. I miss seeing you scurrying from one project to another
so much work for one man
but you would do it. I miss seeing Dusty sitting on your chest
so glad to see daddy home. I miss your snoring that rang out through the night or from your favorite chair you fell asleep in. I miss the Archie Bunker moments, getting so close to the right words, and hearing you say, “You know what I mean.” I miss you laughing at my funny little sayings. I miss holding your hand as we walked around our yard. I miss your spiritual leadership, your strong passionate prayers and sermons to and about our Lord that we love. I miss you telling people to, “Get right with Jesus!” I miss you as my husband, pastor, business partner, best-friend and paw paw. I miss looking into the eyes of the one who loved me so much. I miss the calls to see if I need anything or just to say I love you. It’s only been a year, but it seems like forever when you’re separated from the one you love. You are missed by your wife, children, grandchildren, sisters, extended family, your church body and your friends. You will not be forgotten. As you always said, “You can’t kill a Christian, we come back.” So my love, we will see you again in the future. In the meantime, we will keep spreading the words that you told so many people, “You never know when you will take your last breath
so Get Right With Jesus!”
We love you always,
Your wife, family and friends
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Thursday, February 9, 2012 |
It takes quite a man for another to scarcely know him but to say in his heart I want to be more like him because he acts like Christ in his walk and his talk. Thank you for sharing him with the world. His life was truly one who impacted countless others and his legacy will continue. Much love Larry.
He was a wonderful, wonderful man. Someone I will never forget.
“In Memory of Larry Goodwill” was beautifully written. It’s not often that one man can leave such a large vacuum when he passes from the scene. Larry Goodwill was such a man who touched the life of every person he met. He certainly touched mine the first and only time I met him when he came over to my house to pump out my septic tank. He was a true witness for Christ, nothing phony about him. Two or three times a week I pass by the location on Hwy 95 where Larry had the terrible collision with the UPS truck. Someone has placed a small red cross on a fence at that spot. Too bad it is not possible to place a large monument there to commemorate the life of a very good man.
The kind of man that many try to be yet few become
What a beautiful tribute to a life well-lived. I’ve known Larry and Debbie for many years and always enjoyed being around them because it was evident that they loved each other. Like everyone else who has replied to this memorial, I too, feel that Larry’s passing has been a sad moment in each of our lives, but I also know that Larry would not want us to mourn him but to praise God and love each day.
Larry lives on in our hearts. His every word and his kindness will always be in our lives. He was a true man of God and showed it to all. He is in peace now with the Lord. Can’t wait to see him again. We love you Larry.
I read this letter and just burst into tears. I miss you too Uncle Larry. I miss running into you at the gas station always with a smile when you saw me. I miss when I was little and you used to watch me color. I really miss the way you made me feel like family even though I wasn’t. I feel you around me all the time, and sometimes for no reason I think of you and cry, other times I think of you and burst into hysterical laughter. I know you are still looking down on us and I have felt you by my side in some of my worst moments. I can’t wait to see you again, and even though I know I probably didn’t tell you much when you were here you really meant so much to me and I thank you for being such a great role model in a world where people like you are so hard to find. I hope to be even half the person you were and still are for so many people. Rest in peace uncle Larry I love you.
Larry Goodwill was and is the real deal, a true spiritual warrior for Christ. His journey on this ole earth is over however, he set a high standard for all Christians to emulate. We miss you Larry and look forward to that blessed reunion day in heaven with our Lord.
Larry Goodwill was an amazing man, friend, preacher, teacher, and to me the best Uncle a girl could every ask for, and I miss him from the lowest depth of my heart. Uncle Larry and Aunt Debbie are the two of the most important people in my life. I remember when I was little Aunt Debbie, Cody, and I would go to see him on job sights every once in a while and he would always sit down for a minute and share a can of little hotdogs with us. I miss those time I spent with them and took for granted at the time because I thought I didn’t need anyone. I miss seeing him smile at me because he was so proud of me for whatever reason. I miss waving to him on the road and playing where’s Uncle Larry today with my little brother when we would go to Bastrop. I wish he would have been there to see me sing the national anthem and walk the stage at my graduation, and come watch me in my next beauty pageant. But most of all I wish he was still here to stand in the front of a church, watching me come down the isle and be the one to marry my fiance and I. There are so many things he will miss me graduating from college and getting married, my first child; sometimes its hard to remember that its just his shell that is gone that he’s still watching over me. I know I’ll see him again some day and there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of him. I love you Uncle Larry!!!
I miss Larry and think about him constantly. He made such a huge impact on my life, and helped me straighten up my life through his genuine words and spiritual guidance. I could always count on him when I needed to get something off my chest. I never felt judged by him, and he was always so welcoming, and man was he funny! I miss him singing and playing guitar. Im constantly reminded of you Larry, and I know that like many others I will NEVER forget you and what you did for me. The world needs more people like Larry. I feel honored to have known him and call him my friend, and I wish EVERYONE out there had gotten a chance to meet him. TRULY one of a kind! Miss you everyday!