The ProRodeo Sports News - March 6, 2020

Cowboys Association he began competing nationally in professionally sanctioned rodeos. He met his wife of 60 years, Mabel Evans Adams, at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Adams won or placed at almost every major RCA rodeo in the U.S. in tie-down roping. The late Ray Wharton, 1956 PRCA world champion tie-down roper, was Logan’s mentor. Adams was inducted into the Bell County Cowboy/Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. He found love and a Christian family at the 3CCowboy Fellowship in Salado, Texas. Adams was preceded in death by his sister, E’von Adams Porter; and parents Johnny James Adams and Susan Carpenter Adams. He is survived by daughter Merrill Adams Ellis; son, John Adams; son, Jimmy Adams; niece, Nancy Craddock; and grandsons Brent Angermiller and Jake Adams. Other family members include: Dr. Jay Ellis, Leon Goetz, Mike and TJ Craddock, and numerous cousins.

A celebration of life will take place at 11:45 a.m. (CT), March 29, at the 3CCowboy Fellowship, 16258 Gooseneck Road Salado, Texas. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the 3CCowboy Fellowship-Arena Fund, 16258 Gooseneck Road, Salado, TX 76571 or Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 912, Austin, Texas, 78766. ARRIVALS

PASSAGES

LOGAN ADAMS Logan Adams, a former PRCA tie-down roper and Gold Card member, passed away Feb. 13 from health complications. He impacted the livestock industry and left a rodeo

BRYANT ALEX PRUITT A boy, born Feb. 25 to two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo- qualifying tie-down roper Riley Pruitt and his wife, Jenna, of Gering, Neb. Bryant weighed 8

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legacy and a loving family. Born on the family’s Carpenter Creek Ranch in Medina, Texas, he was surrounded by livestock and the cowboy life. He attended Medina High School before going to Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, on a football scholarship. After two years, he followed his rodeo passion to Texas State University in San Marcos. In the 1950s, as a member of the Rodeo

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pounds, 14 ounces and was 22 inches long. Bryant was welcomed home by sister, Chloe, 2.

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Wine Country Win

Steer wrestler Tommy Denny made a 4.8-second run Feb. 29 to win the Salinas Valley Wine Country Pro Rodeo in King City, Calif.

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