ProRodeo Sports News - October 2, 2020

Roger, Tommie Dale, Ginger and Janet. Tom and Loa-Lee also had nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Creager’s first job was working for Conoco in Ponca City, Okla.. Later, he worked for the city of Pawnee Electric Department in 1954. He retired from Indian Electric Coop as a lineman. Creager’s passion in life was horses. He started training from an early age. As well as training tie-down roping horses and barrel horses, he raised and trained racehorses and had a successful record at the track. He and Loa-Lee were married for 61 years before Loa-Lee passed away on Nov. 22, 2011. Creager was preceded in death by his sisters Viola Barnet, Elsie Nickum, Ina Tannahill and Edna Groom; his brothers Arthur, Lawrence and Roy Creager; and his great-granchildren Zoie Harland Day and Halli Rae Tessmann.

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THOMAS (TOM) LEE CREAGER

JAMES TIMOTHY BINGHAM

Thomas Lee Creager, of Pawnee, Okla., a former trainer of PRCA tie-down roping horses and barrel racing

A boy, born Sept. 7, to three-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo bull rider Tim Bingham, and his girlfriend,

horses, passed away Sept. 20. He was 91. Creager was born on June 16, 1929, in Lincoln County, Okla., toThomas Clay Creager and Belle Harris Creager. He was the youngest of eight children.

Bingham

Jaynee Stimpson, of Honeyville, Utah. James weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19¼ inches long.

Creager

SALLY LOU ELDRIDGE

n Nov. 25, 1949, at 20, he married Loa-Lee Donahoo. They had five children: Neilda,

A girl, born Sept. 17, to seven- time Wrangler National Finals

Rodeo steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge and his wife, Quincy, of Reedley, Calif. Sally weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. Eldridge

BRIEFS

DoppelWranglers to be featured at Wrangler NFR If you’re not going to be at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo this year, you can still be seen there. Though not everyone will attend the NFR at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, they will be able to have their own personal 2D DoppelWrangler there. Organizers are making it possible for fans to have a nearly life-size image seated for the rodeo and possibly end up on TV. Now through Oct. 31, fans can order a 2D version of themselves (or a loved one) – known as DoppelWranglers – to be at the Wrangler NFR. Three tiers of DoppelWranglers can be purchased ($100, $125 or $200) with varying benefits at each level and with the proceeds going to fund four great charities. To reserve a DoppelWrangler for the 2020 Wrangler NFR, fans can visit https://atmlb.com/33ie4wO. Proceeds will benefit nonprofit charities, including the Jr. Rodeo, Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy.

PRCA NOTES

Bareback rider Kirk St. Clair rides Four Star Rodeo’s Star Light at the Cascade Chute Out in Redmond, Ore., Sept. 18. Cascading Light Ashley Kendall photo

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