Walter Lee Goodspeed was born on December 8, 1947, to the parents of the late Watt Goodspeed and Mercie Dee Miller in Mineola, TX. There he accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age.

He attended public school and graduated from James Madison High School in 1966. He served in the Coast Guard for four years, where he was awarded the Purple Heart. He was self employed as a truck driver for many years, later he became a driver for D.I.S.D.

Walter served as the associate minister at Pleasant Grove Community Baptist Church.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Billie Thomas, Freddie Conger and Robert Goodspeed.

Walter leaves to cherish his memory: wife Maudie Mae Goodspeed; (2) daughters: Zerry Antoine and Sherron Pitts; (1) son Roy Williams; sister Barbara Ann Goodspeed; (3) uncles: Marvin Goodspeed, Melvin Goodspeed and Meville Goodspeed; (2) aunts: Loretta Goodspeed and Sophia Goodspeed; (3) brother-in-law: Joe Mack Stafford (Sharon), Scotty Joe Young and Bobby Earl Young; (3) sister-in-law: Diana Young, Alice Young, Anite Young; (4) cousins: Tommy (Vickie) Bagsby, Evelyn Joyce Dean, Edith Raymond and Charles Haley along with a host of other family and dear friends.