Panhandle Firemen's & Firemarshals' Association

Cowboy has given 35 years of service to Floydada Volunteer FD in addition to giving 5 years to the Shamrock VFD and 3 years to Levelland VFD.  Over these 43 years of volunteering, Cowboy has felt his fellow volunteers were his family.  Cowboy has helped instruct or worked at fire schools at Texas A&M, Lubbock, Abilene, Lubbock, Canyon and Floydada.  The total number of schools he has instructed at is 124.  Cowboy has served as a sergeant of arms for the PFFMA for 12 years and for 10 years for the SFFMA.  In 1999, Cowboy was recognized by the Floydada Chamber of Commerce as "Volunteer of the Year" for his dedicated service to the Floyd County Old Settlers' Association, the annual Pumpkin Day Celebration, Floydada Youth Sports Activities and the annual Floyd County Livestock Show.  Cowboy is married to Sandra and they have two children.  His son Chris is a volunteer with Paducah VFD and daughter Angela is a former mascot for the SFFMA.  Cowboy also has two grandchildren who are the light of his life!

PFFMA FIREFIGHTERS OF THE YEAR 

 What is a firefighter?
He's the guy next door....
He's a guy like you and me with warts and worries and unfulfilled dreams.
Yet he stands taller than most of us.
He's a fireman....
A fireman is at once the most fortunate and the least fortunate of men.
He's a man who saves lives because he has seen too much death.
He's a gentle man because he has seen the awesome power of violence out of control.
He's responsive to a child's laughter because his arms have held too many small bodies that will never laugh again....
He doesn't preach the brotherhood of man.
He lives it.
~Author Unknown