Larry Garvin Beedy (San Saba)
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, and graduated from Lockney High School in 1967 and attended college at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, and Sul Ross at Alpine, Texas. He joined the Army in 1969 and proudly served his country in Vietnam. He was awarded multiple medals for meritorious service, heroism, and valor and for being wounded in combat: including 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 an avid hunter and loved fishing, gardening, watching baseball and football, 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, Texas, 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; and five nieces. His father, Garvin Beedy, and his maternal and paternal grandparents preceded him in death.
Services under the direction of Blaylock Funeral Home of San Saba, Texas.
