Wayne Cavender

Howe- Funeral services for Alfred Wayne Cavender will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 25, in the First Baptist Church of Howe. Travis Arterbury, Roger Tidwell of the First Baptist Church of Howe, and Roy Layman of the Grace Bible Church in Gunter will officiate, with services under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hall Cemetery with Mark Akins, Eric Akins, Roger Luttrell, Chad Catching, Clint Catching, Robert Lacy, Murry Hatfield and Jerry Hatfield serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be David Catching, William Powell, Murry Akins Jr, Tom Catching, Greg Akins, Kent Akins, and Dick Smithwick. Mr. Cavender, 70, passed away Monday, March 21, at his home near Howe.

Wayne was born July 5, 1940, in Howe to the late Alfred and Ruth (Major) Cavender. He graduated from Howe schools and married Carolyn Arterbury on June 22, 1962. Wayne was a lifelong rancher with a great passion and skill for raising cattle. He loved the thrill of buying and selling cattle and the challenge of nursing a sick cow back to health. He got great satisfaction from helping other cattlemen with their herds and was always willing to give advice when requested. He was immediately recognizable by so many as he hauled cattle, driving his red pickup, pulling a gooseneck trailer.

Even more than his love for his cattle was his love of family, especially his grandkids. He was affectionately known as "Booger," and it was a name he wore with pride. He was a fair man of the utmost integrity who believed in supporting his local community and school. It was a community he lived in his entire life, and he died 100 feet from the place where he was born.

He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Howe.

Mr. Cavender is survived by his wife Carolyn of Howe; son, Paul Cavender and wife Kathy of Van Alstyne; daughter, Angie Cavender of Howe; sister, Bettie Hatfield and husband Leon of Dalhart; three grandchildren, Russel l and Erica Wortham of Howe and Zack Cavender of Van Alstyne; brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, Donna Estes of Sherman, Travis and Mary Ann Arterbury of Russellville, Arkansas, and Elvis Arterbury of Beaumont; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and other family members. He was preceded in death by his parents and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Elbert and Ora Mae Arterbury; brother-in-law Don Estes; and nephew David Estes.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Waldo Funeral Home. The online register book can be signed at waldofuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to Howe First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 247, Howe, TX 75459.