Family Matters (3 of 7)
Series: Bucket List
James Merritt
John 19:25-27
Introduction
Note - add measure to sermon.
1. Just about the time you think you've heard it all and seen it all you realize you haven't. I realized that when I read about the obituary of Leslie Ray ''Popeye'' Charping, of Galveston, Texas. He was 74 years old when he died of cancer, on January 30, 2017. His family wrote a lengthy obituary that not only went viral, but was read by so many people that it actually shut down their website. Here is the obituary in full.
Leslie Ray ''Popeye'' Charping was born in Galveston, Texas, on November 20, 1942 and passed away January 30, 2017, which was 29 years longer than expected and much longer than he deserved. Leslie battled with cancer in his latter years and lost his battle, ultimately due to being the horses #!# he was known for. He leaves behind 2 relieved children; a son Leslie Roy Charping and daughter, Sheila Smith, along with six grandchildren and countless other victims including an ex-wife, relatives, friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses and random strangers.
At a young age, Leslie quickly became a model example of bad parenting combined with mental illness and a complete commitment to drinking, drugs, womanizing and being generally offensive. Leslie enlisted to serve in the Navy, but not so much in a brave and patriotic way but more as part of a plea deal to escape sentencing on criminal charges. While enlisted, Leslie was the Navy boxing champion and went on to sufficiently embarrass his family and country by spending the remainder of his service in the Balboa Mental Health Hospital receiving much needed mental healthcare services.
Leslie was surprisingly intelligent, however he lacked ambition and motivation to do anything more than being reckless, wasteful, squandering the family savings and fantasizing about get rich quick schemes. Leslie's hobbies included being abusive to his family, expediting trips to heaven for ...
Series: Bucket List
James Merritt
John 19:25-27
Introduction
Note - add measure to sermon.
1. Just about the time you think you've heard it all and seen it all you realize you haven't. I realized that when I read about the obituary of Leslie Ray ''Popeye'' Charping, of Galveston, Texas. He was 74 years old when he died of cancer, on January 30, 2017. His family wrote a lengthy obituary that not only went viral, but was read by so many people that it actually shut down their website. Here is the obituary in full.
Leslie Ray ''Popeye'' Charping was born in Galveston, Texas, on November 20, 1942 and passed away January 30, 2017, which was 29 years longer than expected and much longer than he deserved. Leslie battled with cancer in his latter years and lost his battle, ultimately due to being the horses #!# he was known for. He leaves behind 2 relieved children; a son Leslie Roy Charping and daughter, Sheila Smith, along with six grandchildren and countless other victims including an ex-wife, relatives, friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses and random strangers.
At a young age, Leslie quickly became a model example of bad parenting combined with mental illness and a complete commitment to drinking, drugs, womanizing and being generally offensive. Leslie enlisted to serve in the Navy, but not so much in a brave and patriotic way but more as part of a plea deal to escape sentencing on criminal charges. While enlisted, Leslie was the Navy boxing champion and went on to sufficiently embarrass his family and country by spending the remainder of his service in the Balboa Mental Health Hospital receiving much needed mental healthcare services.
Leslie was surprisingly intelligent, however he lacked ambition and motivation to do anything more than being reckless, wasteful, squandering the family savings and fantasizing about get rich quick schemes. Leslie's hobbies included being abusive to his family, expediting trips to heaven for ...
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