EARNESTLY CONTENDING
FOR THE
FAITH:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES LARRY BEDGOOD
UPDATED OCTOBER 10, 2026
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS
GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.
THAT IS WHY HE IS GOD.
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On June 20, 2026 Charles
Larry Bedgood departed this life for his everlasting
habitation in the eternal bliss of heaven. This page
is prepared in his honor by his DOUBLE BROTHER Mike
Sutherland. His funeral service was preached on June
25, 2026 at Flanders Powell Funeral Home in
Pembroke, Georgia by Brother Mike Sutherland. I
prepared a written sermon as the basis for what I
would preach at Charles's funeral. Click HERE to
download a PDF copy of that document. I have also
prepared an audio version of that sermon. Click HERE
to download an audio version of that written sermon.
What I preached live at Charles's funeral was a
little different even though it was based upon the
same document. Time would not allow me to preach its
full content. Flanders Powell Funeral Home did not
have any means of recording audio or video. So, I
had to use a TASCAM model DR-05X personal recorder
to record the audio. It got a realtively good
recording of the entire service including the eulogy
delivered by my neice, Stephanie Brookes, who is
Charles's daughter. She did a wonderful job. For a
PDF copy of her written eulogy click HERE.
In the final minutes of the recording, the playing
of "Amazing Grace" had some noise associated with it
that I tried to edit out without the desired effect.
For the audio of Stephanie's eulogy and the audio of
my sermon click HERE. I was unable to successfully
record the comments of Brother Dan McLucas at
graveside because one of us accidentally stopped the
recording while we were transferring the recorder to
his inside suit pocket.
Here, I also want to acknowledge the sacrifice,
love, dedication, and hard work of my niece
Stephanie Brookes, and her husband, Dean Brookes, in
taking caring of my brother Charles through numerous
medical emergencies and every day care in the
closing years of his life. They are a rarity in this
day and age. My neice Stephanie is a real
sweetheart.
For those of you who do not know it, Charles was
called "Reuben" by some of his friends at Savannah
High School in Savannah, Georgia. I am not sure of
the origin of that nickname. Charles was also called
"wildman" by many of the 65 boys that were at Boys
Estate, Georgia: a home for boys paid for by private
donations where he and I stayed for several tears
before we were adopted by Joe and Mary Bedgood of
Savannah, Georgia. Charles was called "wildman"
because he never met a tree at Boys Estate that he
did not like to climb. He scared me half to death
one time when he feel out of one, but that did not
stop him from climbing trees, and that is pretty
wild-man!
All the pictures below are captioned by individuals
names from left to right. The images below have been
resized to fit this web page. If you click on the
images, it will bring up a full sized, full
resolution image for viewing or downloading. If any
family member, or other person, has any additional
pictures of Charles you would like to see displayed
here, you can either send me the printed picture or
a high resolution scan of the picture. You can also
send me pictures taken with digital cameras and
cellphone cameras. It would be better to email the
full resolution digital image to me because when you
text the image it loses much of its resolution.
It was my full intent at the funeral service for
Charles to honor his request that salvation be
preached to his family members. Even if Charles had
not asked me to preach salvation, I would have been
under an obligation to God to do so. During the
service, I noticed that several folks were under
conviction. If you want to talk about your salvation
most of you have my phone number, or can get it from
someone you know who does. There are numerous
articles on my web site dealing with getting saved.
There are 37 separate articles dealing with subject
of salvation located HERE at this link. I have also
preached and taught numerous other Bible lessons
this year (2026) on numerous Bible topics including
salvation. As of June 29, 2026, there are 163
additional lessons that include audio recordings and
documents that are located HERE. |
MIKE AND CHARLES: CALVARY BAPTIST
TABERNACLE
NEWPORT,
TENNESSEE 11/23/2023
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FAMILY PICTURE ON THE
DAY OF THE FUNERAL
Lucille And Charles
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Lucille And Charles
Savannah, Georgia
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Lucille, Charles, JoAnn
Savannah, Georgia |
Lucille And Charles
Ellabell, Georgia |
Charles And Bryan
Ellabell, Georgia |
Charles, Lucille, Bryan's Wife,
And Bryan
Ellabell, Georgia |
Mike And Charles
Ellabell, Georgia |
Charles And Brother David Modrynski: Calvary Baptist
Tabernacle
11/23/2023 |
Charles In The Air
Force: May 1970 |
Charles In The Air Force: May 1970 |
Charles And Mike
Savannah High
School 1967 |
Charles: Savannah High School 1967 |
Mike, Dianne,
Charles, Daddy:
Chickasaw, Alabama |
Charles, Dianne,
Mike, Daddy:
Chickasaw, Alabama |
Foreground: Dianne, Myrtle: Background: Mike,
Charles,
Aunt Sarah
Chickasaw, Alabama |
Mike, Joann, Dianne, Charles, Aunt Sarah
Chickasaw, Alabama |
Charles, Mike, Daddy
Chickasaw, Alabama |
Mike, JoAnn,
Charles, Unknown |
Mike And Charles
At
Foothills
Parkway:
Cosby, Tennessee |
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