Gloyd Merlin Cowley |
| Posted 2018-04-01 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Wednesday, February 28, 2018, p. A-5 Gloyd Merlin Cowley April 12, 1928-Feb. 21, 2018 Gloyd "Bill" was born April 12, 1928, in Logan, Utah, to Merlin Joseph Cowley and Opal Evelyn Cash. He was raised on a dairy farm in Logan. In his teens, he relocated to Arizona to be a cowboy. He lived his dream by working as a cowboy for a myriad of ranches in the valley. At the age of 20, he married the daughter of a Cave Creek rancher, Glodyne Smith. The newlyweds spent time on the rodeo circuit where Bill rode bulls and steer wrestled. After the rodeo circuit, he returned to cattle ranching until he went to work for Cypress Mining Company and then BP Petroleum in its mining operation in Bagdad, Ariz., as a welder. He and his wife retired in 1984 and permanently made Wickenburg their home in 1990. He enjoyed time with family, hunting, fishing, gardening, welding, and the Country Kitchen coffee club. Bill was a member of the Elks Lodge. He was preceded in death by his wife Glodyne Smith Cowley in 2014, and son Smith Gloyd Cowley in 1972. He is survived by his daughters Cindy Cowley Scarbrough of Phoenix and Candy Cowley Morgan of Parks, Ariz.; sister-in-law Charlotte Webb of Phoenix and grandchildren Bill Cowley, Shawn Cowley, Michael Scarbrough, William Scarbrough, Callie Morgan and Charles Morgan; 11 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Friends may offer online condolences at www.wickwenburgfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were under the direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory. See Also: Find A Grave |
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