Posted on 02/11/2017 1:39:32 PM PST by NRx
GALVESTON, Texas — Obituaries reflect the deceased person's life and their impact on others.
The family of one Galveston man decided to be brutally honest when writing his obituary. Let's be real, the truth hurts, even when you're six feet under.
Leslie Ray Charping passed away last month at the age of 74 from cancer. His family writes, in part:
"He leaves behind 2 relieved children; a son Leslie Roy Charping and daughter, Shiela Smith along with six grandchildren and countless other victims including an ex wife, relatives, friends, neighbors, doctors, nurses and random strangers."
"With Leslie's passing he will be missed only for what he never did; being a loving husband, father and good friend. No services will be held, there will be no prayers for eternal peace and no apologizes to the family he tortured. Leslie's remains will be cremated and kept in the barn until "Ray", the family donkey's wood shavings run out. Leslie's passing proves that evil does in fact die and hopefully marks a time of healing and safety for all."
A cook in Burma
OK, I was thinking Myanmar.
;^)
Samo Samo
From his daughter:
“I told the truth. I am not sorry for telling the truth, and I am not sorry for standing up for myself,” explained Sheila Smith.
Smith’s father, Leslie Ray Charping, died of cancer last month. But he wasn’t a good man. He served time in prison and was, by several accounts, both physically and verbally abusive. So, Smith wrote a scathing obituary for her father, calling him evil and offensive.
“For someone that knew him and family members that knew him and to see something on there was a complete lie would’ve been an insult to everyone that he did bad things to,” Smith explained. “I couldn’t write that in good conscience because it’s not going to bring closure to anyone or to myself.”
The obituary has been so popular it even crashed the funeral home’s website.
Smith has received thousands of positive and negative reactions.
“When you don’t talk about it and you don’t acknowledge the problem even exists, it just grows,” she said. “It’s not going to stop until people say, ‘this is a problem’ and they talk about it.
In case you were wondering, Smith is paying for her father’s cremation.
Charping didn’t have any insurance.
...as if sacramentalism is in any way Scriptural.
this has exactly what to do with the thread in question, other than to show how thrilled you are to bash Catholics...
Try feeding all those guys in the Burmese jungle.
It’s gonna make you not wanna cook!
I was lucky to feed him one of his last meals by hand, but it was sad
I never understood my brothers anger
Great minds think alike!
In the end, Auntie used to get pissed because he would demand jello.
(Why cant he make jello?!!)
Just make the damn jello
There’s an older headstone in a local cemetery that’s inscribed on the back: “See? I told you I was sick.”
I’m sorry. Sometimes life is a burden where the enjoyment cannot be realized.
I have never been in the rain that long to not understand why I love the sun.
Pray for all of my family this week as we have the Patriarch deceased and his wife not holding up well.
Life goes on.
RichmondRocker
Prayers for you and yours
“I have never been in the rain that long to not understand why I love the sun.”
I like that
Honesty is awesome. And maybe it will inspire others to try to EARN a positive obit. I could do an entire newspaper section on the evils of my MIL, but that would be pretty expensive.
I have this nervous tick that when things get dark I smile.
It comes out at the most odd times and I am quite aware of it but do it.
Oh you are suffering? smile.
Very annoying
The point is to not be a devil and victim yourself.
Walk on
My dad was a WW-II marine and the VA provided me with a headstone for his grave. When I ordered it engraved only with Semper Fi, the cemetery director asked me if I wanted to include “In loving memory....yada, yada.” I said no, he wasn’t that to me.
All the hate and bitterness shown in this obit is poison to the souls left behind who hold onto it like a prize.
Quite honestly, Honesty is another of my faults.
Always to quick to show the cards and often to my demise
It’s good to remind people that they might be related to someone toxic, and it’s OK to cut them out of their lives. Even a mother or father can be just plain a bad person, and one of the hardest parts of editing toxic parents out of your life is the push from society. Society loves to say “but he’s your father”, and a lot of people don’t have the energy to say back “but he’s a scumbag”. An obit like this just might give somebody that energy to improve their life.
Better to say nothing than this.
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