ProRodeo Sports News - January 12, 2018

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and living the “cowboy” life. He was a member of the Cowboy Church in Stillwater. Barrett was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his step-mother, Mary Barrett; son, Brett, and fiancée Jill; daughter, Brandi Barrett and four grandchildren, Traven, Blake, Lakyn and Chandler.

brother, Billy Stuart; mother-in-law, Betty (Vernon) Ganser; and special friends Lloyd and Ashley Ketchum. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com. Memorials may be made to the Custer County Rodeo Club, 760Wright Way Rd., Miles City, MT 59301. Vern (Butch) Dean Barrett, a former PRCA steer roper from Ponca City, Okla., passed away Oct. 29. He was 70. Barrett was VERN (BUTCH) DEAN BARRETT

PASSAGES

RUSSELL (RUSTY) L. STUART Russell (Rusty) Lee Stuart, of Miles City, Mont., a former bullfighter and rodeo judge, passed away Nov. 24

ARRIVALS

after a battle with cancer. He was 56.

CHLOE ROSE PRUITT

Stuart was born in Belle Fourche, S.D., to Edward and Virginia (Melum) Stuart on Jan. 22, 1961. After graduating from Belle Fourche High School, Stuart moved to Miles City, Mont., to

born May 22, 1947, in Anthony, Kan., to LorenWilliam and Ella Aline (Barnes) Barrett. He grew up in Blackwell, Okla., and attended Blackwell Public Schools, graduating in 1965. He furthered his education by attending Northern

Born Dec. 30 to PRCA tie-down roper Riley Pruitt and his wife, Jenna, of Gering, Neb., a girl, Chloe Rose. Chloe Rose weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces, and was 21 inches long. This is the couple’s first child. PRCA tie-down roper Michael Otero and his wife, Carlee Pierce- Otero, a WPRA barrel racer, of Krum, Texas, a boy, Hudson Lyle. Hudson Lyle weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19 inches long. This is the couple’s first child. HUDSON LYLE OTERO Born Nov. 21 to

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attend Miles Community College. At MCC he obtained a degree in science while rodeoing for Ed Mayberry. It was in Miles City that Stuart met Mickie Wash. On June 13, 1987, they were married. They had two children: Wacey Telle and Bailey Lee. Stuart enjoyed driving hours to rodeos, spending time in the arenas, fighting bulls, running gates, sorting cattle and just about anything else that involved helping out everyone. Stuart is survived by his wife, Mickie; son, Wacey (Nicolle) Stuart; daughter, Bailey Stuart; grandson, Steele Stuart; father, Edward Stuart; sisters Mary (Jason) McKinley and Darla Stuart;

Oklahoma Junior College in Tonkawa for a year before joining the U.S. Army where he was stationed in California. Following his discharge, he returned to Kay County and began working at Carbon Black in Ponca City. He married Nancy Geneva Sartin on Feb. 11, 1977, in Arkansas City, Kan., and they settled east of Ponca City. He later worked turnaround jobs as a pipefitter and welder for various refineries. His passion was ranching and competing as a steer roper in various rodeos, including the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days each summer. He broke horses, enjoyed bucking bulls

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It’s Raining Men

Justin Rumford,

the five-time PRCA Clown of the Year (2012-16), performs in the rain during the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair & Rodeo on July 19.

Todd Brewer photo

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