Charles Lewis Good August 31, 1934 ~ December 30, 2024 (age 90)

Funeral services for Charles Good, 90, of Elida, will be held at 2:00 PM, Thurs., Jan. 2, 2025 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel with Pat Boone, Kenneth Broad and Don Thomas officiating.  Burial will follow in the Kenna Cemetery with his son, Gary Good officiating.  His grandchildren, T. J. Good, Chance Good, Cinco Boone, Sarah Ruiz and Jeremy Ruiz will serve as pallbearers.  All family members and his many friends will be honorary pallbearers.  Visitation will be open to friends and family until service time.  Those desiring to make memorial contributions may send them to either the New Mexico Christian Children’s Home, 1356 NM 236, or the New Mexico Baptist Children’s Home, P O Box 629, Portales, NM 88130.

Charles Lewis Good was born Aug. 31, 1934 in Kenna, NM to the home of Margie (Moore) and Charles “Stanley” Good, and passed from this life on the afternoon of Dec. 30, 2024 in Clovis, NM.  Charles grew up on the family ranch northwest of Elida.  On Mar. 3, 1951, in Fort Sumner, he was married to Doris Freeman.  Mrs. Good preceded him in death on Sep. 7, 2007.  On Jan 15, 2009 he was married to LaDoris Allison.

He was a lifelong rancher, and had operations in Roosevelt, Chaves, DeBaca and Lea counties. Charles made his home on the family ranch until 1982 when he moved to Elida.  Charles was an accomplished steer roper, and held the World Champion PRCA Steer Roping title in 1976.  In 1979, his son, Gary won that same title, making them one of only ten father-son winners in rodeo history.  He also won the Senior Steer Roping Championship in 1987, and again in 1991 and also 1996.  He served as president for the Senior Steer Roping Association from 1996-97.  Besides his love for rodeoing, he was an avid hunter of lions and bears.

Charles was a devout Christian, and a faithful member of Central Christian Church in Portales.  During his lifetime, Charles served on several boards, including the Border Soil Conservation District Board and the Board of Directors for J. P. Stone Community Bank.

He was a devoted family man, and was extremely attentive to his children and grandchildren until the moment of his death.  In fact, his granddaughter was at his side when he died.

Charles is survived by his wife, LaDoris Good of Clovis; his son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Rhetta Good of Elida; his daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Pat Boone of Elida; four grandchildren, T. J. and Ashley Good, Chance and Angie Good, Sarah and Jeremy Ruiz and Cinco and Renae Boone; five great-grandchildren, Lacy and Ty Good, Callan Good, Teal Ruiz and Raelynn Boone; two brothers, Billy Frank Good of Abilene, TX and Ike Good of Seymour, TX; and a sister, Carolyn Hestand of Raton, NM.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Stanley and Margie Good, an infant son, John Stanley Good, and his beloved wife, Doris Good.

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