ProRodeo Sports News - July 27, 2018

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Woodrow Dewitt and involvement with Ted Johnson’s Hineston Rodeo led people to begin contacting Lewis andWoodrow to produce rodeos in other parts of the state, thus, the Dewitt & Lewis Rodeo Company was born. They went on to be named the LRCA’s Producer of the Year for 18 consecutive years. In recent years, Lewis continued to be involved with many facets of rodeo with a new partner, Bubba Dunn, of Alexandria, La. Lewis was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Johnson Lewis; parents, Wilburn and Elizabeth Lewis; three brothers, David, Larry and Rodney Lewis; two sisters, Helen Robinson and Bernice Nash Feazell. He is survived by son, Barry Lewis; daughter, Janet (Ray) Philen; sisters, Naomi Sharbono and Lois Robinson; four grandchildren, Riley, Callie and Brady Philen, and Kaycee Lewis Johnson; and one great-grandson, Kain Smart. Friends may post online messages of condolence for the Lewis family by visiting www. gallagherfh.com.

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EVELYNANNTEEL Born July 16 to PRCAWorld Champion Bull Rider Cody Teel, and his wife, Kaitlin, of Bryan, Texas, a girl, Evelyn, weighed 6 pounds and was 18¾ inches long. This is the couple’s first child. PRCA steer wrestler Tooter Silver, and his wife, Laura Kennedy, of Quitman, Ark., a girl, Ava, weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19½ inches long. This is the couple’s first child. AVA LOREN SILVER Born July 24 to

W.T. (SONNY) LEWIS

W.T. “Sonny” Lewis, a former PRCA stock contractor, passed away July 17 in Alexandria, La. He was 86. Although Lewis was a carpenter by trade, spending 35 years working

for JimmieThompson Enterprises, his passion was rodeo. He lived his life as a cowboy and ambassador to the sport. Lewis was a rodeo stock contractor and producer for more than 50 years. He was an

Evelyn Ann Teel

Sonny Lewis

original founder of the Louisiana Rodeo Cowboys Association, where he served two separate terms as president and many years as stock contractor director on the board. Lewis’ rodeo career began as a top competitor in tie-down roping. His acquaintance with

Ava Loren Silver

trophy, bag, cookies and pictures.

County to partake in a makeshift rodeo. Nearly two dozen children, helped by local police officers, cowboys and cowgirls, got to ride a horse, got “bucked” on a bull made of hay and stuffing, and roped a steer made of hay. They also received a

BRIEFS Davie Pro Rodeo benefits youth programs While the PRCA contestants competed in the arena at the Davie (Fla.) Pro Rodeo, more than 5,000 children from summer and youth groups from Broward, Palm Beach and Dade counties filled the stands. The Davie Pro Rodeo has occurred for the past 32 years with more than 180,000 children from the area witnessing PRCA competitors in action at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie, Fla. The event benefits local youth programs. For more information, visit www.davieprorodeo.com or www.facebook.com/DavieProRodeo. ‘Special Buckaroos Rodeo’ takes place in Salinas As the gates of the north end of the Salinas (Calif.) Sports Complex opened just after noon July 21, excitement was in the air for kids lined up along the railing. They were ready for the “Special Buckaroos Rodeo.” The event has been part of the California Rodeo Salinas tradition for more than 35 years and allows special needs children from Monterey

Longtime California Rodeo Salinas volunteer Pete Pedrazzi first started the rodeo in 1985 after seeing a similar event at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

Saddle bronc rider Dalton Davis rode Beutler and Son Rodeo’s Nutrena’s Red Man for 86.5 points and the win at Kansas’ Largest Night Rodeo in Pretty Prairie, Kan., July 21. Kent Kerschner photo

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