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SERVICES: 2:00 PM Thursday, December 17, 2009, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with John Curry, officiating.
BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Grayson was born June 17, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1957. He was a 1969 graduate of Pampa High School and attended Panhandle State and Frank Phillips College. Joe was a rancher in Wheeler County for many years. He worked for Eagle Rock Energy, retiring in 2007 after 30 years of service.
SURVIVORS: wife: Betty Grayson of the home; 2 daughters: Mitzi Devoll and husband James of Pampa, and Kandi Curtis and husband Ken of White Deer; his mother: Mary Legg Grayson of Clinton, Oklahoma; a sister: Christina Grayson of Grand Junction, Colorado; 9 grandchildren: James Ray Devoll and wife Kate, Roy Don Devoll and wife Desiree, Ashley Kay Reese and husband Travis, John Colby McCoy and wife Heather, Kayla Rose McCoy, Kendra Lee Wheeler and husband Derrick, Justin Whitney Curtis, Dustin Wayne Curtis and wife Shawnda, and Joshua James Curtis; 8 great-grandchildren: Jaycee Ruth Devoll, Elizabeth Grace Devoll, Riley Paige Devoll, Avery Whitney Marie Curtis, Casey James Curtis, Hannah Christine Curtis, Payden James Curtis, and Roy Douglass McCoy; numerous nieces and nephews.
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, co/ Gerry Caylor, 2130 Charles, Pampa, Texas 79065.
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Tommy Jack (Davis)
Joe was my best friend my senior year. Both of us were into horses. As I recall, I think we met on horesback.
Joe was kind of strange duck - then again, so was I.
We departed for Panhandle State together and were dorm roommates. After the first semester, I realized that the agricultural sector just wasn't my thing and so I left Panhandle State. I remember that Joe was pretty upset over my departure - not to say that I wasn't. But the "cowboy" type of influences just suddenly lost their appeal and Panhandle State at that time was certainly a "kicker" school.
Joe was a very good friend and we had a lot of great times. We rode a lot of miles together on the outskirts of Pampa - and had many an enjoyable weekend at the "playdays" at the rodeo grounds.
After his first wife (Pam Sealey Grayson) met her untimely death, he just became less interested in old friends. That is understandable. And I was a weak person for not putting more deliberate steps into maintaining our friendship.
Joe, wherever you are, I hope you are at peace. You were a great friend.
Tommy