Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life,

in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon. I'm sure you've noticed that when you go to a funeral,

the person who died is always made out to be a saint. Sometimes you listen to the

eulogy and you barely recognize the person they are talking about.

And I think that comes from a good motive.

I mean, when a person passes away, there's a desire to remember the good things about

them, not the bad.

What's the point of saying the bad parts out loud?

Our tendency to focus on the positive makes Sheila Smith's obituary for her father even more

surprising.

You're going to think I'm making this up,

but I promise I'm not.

This obituary was posted to the funeral home's website.

Buckle up.

She writes, Leslie Ray Charping was born in Galveston, Texas on November 20, 1942, and passed away January 30th, 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 a horse's rear end he was known for. He leaves behind two relieved

children 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 a complete commitment to drinking drugs,

womanizing, and being generally offensive.

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