Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Deputy Sheriff Goodman,
On today, the 40th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a LEO but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

August 22, 2021

Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

August 22, 2020

I was just a baby when uncle dick got killed but I always was told story about him

Rachel elenbarger
Niece

September 27, 2018

I didn't know My uncle dick to well I was just a kid when he was murdered , I remember him as a hero for his military service and his duty of protecting and serving the community of Madison county. I will always remember the camping trip we went on a few weeks before his death and all the joy he got from watching Duke chasing me in circles biting my backside. I wished I would have gotten to know you better but I will forever cherish every memory I have of him. REST IN PEICE UNCLE DICK
YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN

Kenneth busch
Nephew

August 1, 2016

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 32nd anniversary year of your death. I am priviliged to leave a tribute to you. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Lasater Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

March 26, 2013

the man on this page was my uncle i never got the chance to know and neather did some of my cousin but the ones that did said he was a kind and gentry man that love his family and would do anything for any one i wish i would have at less got the chance to know him i know did kill my grandparents not knowing why the boys that kill him never got put in prison or even jail all they got was a slap on the wrest they need to go to jail for the rest of there lives

goldie
neice

July 3, 2011

Rest in Peace, Deputy Goodman. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

June 8, 2009

THANK YOU SON FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY. YOUR SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

INV HAROLD HUTCHISON (RETIRED)
HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA POLICE DEPT

February 27, 2009

c.r. goodman
when those two boys hit a madison county deputy sheriff they took the best man away from his wife and children both of his daughter was so young they never had the change to know him and he never got to walk his girls down the eil on there wedding day we will alway love and miss him

Anonymous

July 12, 2008

The man remembered on this Officer Down Memorial Page is my father. Being a Police Officer was incredibly important to him. He went to work to protect and serve his community, and he did it proudly. The special thing about Police Officers is that they continue to protect and serve us all with very little "thanks" from those they serve. As we remember those who have fallen, please remember to give thanks to those who are still wearing the badge. One of the best ways to honor a fallen officer is to honor the living. Daddy is loved and missed. God Bless You.

Amanda
Daughter

January 18, 2008

"The Badge"
He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.
He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.
Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.
He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.
His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.
He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.
And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.
But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.
Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.
Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.
So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.
In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.
Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.
Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

November 20, 2007

C.R. GOODMAN

was a good man. I remember one day he got into mom's crisco can and fixed his hair like Elves. he grab the broom and was dancing with it when mom walked in the room. he droped the broom like a hot potatoes its little thing like that make you love when madison county lost him to 2 drunking boys they lost the best man this world new we lost a brother and our parents lost a son

sisters and brothers
loving and hunting

August 13, 2007

MY BROTHER, MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

July 28, 2007

carl r goodman was a good man he love his family and firends he would go out of his way to help anyone he will be miss and he alway love you know him as a deputy sheriff of madison county but i knew him as a uncle

love alway

faye goodman
niece

July 13, 2007

DEPUTY GOODMAN WAS A KIND AND LOVING MAN HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY MY MOTHER AND MY AUNT WAS HIS SISTERS AND HE HAD 2 OTHERS BROTHERS AND HIS PARENTS IS WITH HIM NOW IN HEAVEN I KNOW THEY ARE .I SURE MISS THEM AND HIM ALOT

ANNOMSE
NEICE

April 21, 2007

Officer Goodman was a very special person.I grew up with him and he will always be missed.It's so strange he was wounded in vietnam and lived to tell about it,but then he gets killed in his home land.There will always be the question WHY. memories are all i have of him now and no body can take them away.

annnoymous

July 26, 2006

Deputy Goodman you will forever be missed!

Deputy Nottingham

July 25, 2006

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer

February 7, 2006

Deputy Sheriff Goodman,
On today, the 24th anniversary of your death, I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice, not only for the citizens of Madison County but for our Country while serving in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

August 22, 2005

Carl was my uncle, he was better known by the name Dick. Because of him I have always dreamed of being in Law Enforcement, and I am well on my way. He will forever be missed!

April 15, 2005