Larry Garvin Beedy

Larry Garvin Beedy, age 73, passed away at the VA Hospital in Temple, Texas on Monday October 31, 2022. Larry was born in Floydada, Texas on July 4 1949 to William Garvin Beedy and Virginia Jane Frizell. Larry graduated from Lockney High School in 1967 and attended college at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas and Sul Ross at Alpine, Texas. Larry joined the Army in 1969 and proudly served his country in Vietnam where he was awarded multiple medals for meritorious service, heroism, and valor as well as for being wounded in combat. These included the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and multiple Army Commendation medals. After serving his country, Larry farmed in Floyd County, Texas for several years, worked for Browning Seed in Plainview, Texas and then became a seedsman for DeKalb Seed in Dumas, Texas before finally settling in San Saba, Texas. In San Saba, he owned a successful pest control business from 1994 until retiring in 2019. Larry was avid hunter and he also loved fishing, gardening, watching baseball and football, as well as taking cruises and visiting casinos.

Those left behind to cherish his memory are his wife Gayle of 32 years; two daughters: Jodi Cunningham and husband Brian of Lovington, New Mexico and Sara Beedy of Waleska, Georgia; two sons: Michael Beedy and wife Cheri of Thornton, Colorado and Chad Beedy and wife Kyla of Amarillo, Texas; two step-sons: Dennis Sawyer of Cherokee, TX and Dane Sawyer and wife Jessica of Cherokee, Texas; his mother Jane Dickson and husband Bob of Plainview, Texas; three sisters: Resa Trout and husband David of Amarillo, Texas, Tonya Mahagan and husband Ronnie of Plainview, Texas, and Mitzi Campbell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; eight granddaughters; four grandsons; one great grandson. He was preceded in death by his father Garvin Beedy and his maternal grandparents and paternal grandparents.