Underwood, longtime Houston rodeo patron
[Jun. 12, 2008] Industrialist and inveterate horseman Clayton Harold Underwood, who as a leader of the Houston Livestock and Rodeo...died Monday at his Conroe home from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 79, just weeks short of his 80th birthday.

Underwood, a native of Mason, moved

Rodeo world loses legendary announcer - Tom Hadley
[Jun. 4, 2008] Tom Hadley announced three generations of rodeo cowboys and cowgirls in 33 states and four countries. Along the way, he announced the National Finals Rodeo in 1971, 1973 and 1982. He was selected to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2001. A founding member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, he was the organization's first steer wrestling champion in 1949, representing New Mexico A&M.

Helen Davis, Mother of stock contractor Skeet Davis Passes Away
[May 28, 2008] All the members of the Rodeo Attitude Program send Skeet Davis and the Six Crown Rodeo Company are deepest sympathy. Click link for details.

She was the queen of gospel music
[May 13, 2008] Dottie Rambo, perhaps the most prolific songwriter of her time and the greatest songwriter to come out of Kentucky...was killed Sunday when her tour bus crashed in Missouri, has affected people throughout the world,

Country music legend Eddy Arnold dead at 89
[May 8, 2008] Eddy Arnold, country music's "Tennessee Plowboy" whose rendition of "Make the World Go Away" was an international hit in the 1960s, died on Thursday at age 89 in Nashville after a lengthy illness.

Crash kills Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association Natinal Finals Rodeo qualifier
[Apr. 29, 2008] David Peters, a qualifier for the 1986 National Finals Rodeo in bareback riding and the brother-in-law of ProRodeo Hall of Famer Joe Beaver, died April 4 in an automobile accident near Navasota, Texas. He was 48.

Hall of Famer Wilken dies
[Feb. 19, 2008] Charles “Lefty” Wilken, a pickup man at a record 10 National Finals Rodeos and 1999 inductee into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame for lifetime achievement in the rodeo arena, died Feb. 14 at La Posada-Mesilla Valley Hospice in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 87. By Courtesy PRCA

Australian Country music legend Smoky Dawson dies
[Feb. 14, 2008] The music community is mourning the death of the last of Australia's original country music pioneers, Smoky Dawson, who has died aged 94. The legendary singer died in Sydney shortly after 5pm (AEDT) on January 13 of complications from surgery, a spokeswoman for the Australian Country Music Foundation said.

Carson Davis - Rodeo Announcer Has Passd Away
[Feb. 12, 2008] The voice of southern bull riding was silenced tonight. Prayer chains for Carson Davis stretched from North Carolina to the California Coast within minutes of hearing the news. Carson was known and loved by everyone from rodeo legends and PBR greats to back yard county fair committees and once a year bull riders wearing floppy hats. By Tom Smith

Peyton D. Jackson, 16, dies in bull riding accident
[Jan. 15, 2008] Funeral arrangements are posted as well as memorial fund information. Our prayers are with the family and friends.

Country Music Deaths of 2007
[Dec. 28, 2007] In 2007, the world lost two of its most revered Country Music Hall of Fame members - Porter Wagoner and Hank Thompson - along with a host of other influential singers, songwriters, musicians and executives. Here's the roll call:

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Australian Rodeo champion dies after bull riding accident
[Nov. 20, 2007] Australia rodeo fans lost their All-around National Champion Cowboy, Greg Meech. Greg, 33, from Caboolture, died in Ipswich Hospital from internal bleeding on Saturday night after he was thrown off a bull and stomped on at the Ipswich Rodeo in south-east Queensland, Australia.

Hank Thompson, 82; country singer created 'honky-tonk swing'
[Nov. 8, 2007] Hank Thompson, a pioneering honky-tonk singer and songwriter with a crystalline tenor voice, whose biggest hit, "The Wild Side of Life," generated a fervent response in the early 1950s from Kitty Wells that helped open country music's doors to women, died Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 82.

Porter Wagoner, 80, Country Music Legend Dies
[Oct. 29, 2007] Porter Wagoner, a Grand Ole Opry institution and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died Sunday (Oct. 28) at 8:25 p.m. at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Includes funeral arrangements.