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Empty Saddles - Obituaries



SILVER SPRINGS, NEV. – Vern Banks passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 4, 2021. He was born in Little Rock, Ark. in 1941.

NEW RIVER, ARIZ. – John William Hoyt was born Nov. 16, 1959 to John and Jane Hoyt. “Lil” John returned to our heavenly Father Sept. 26 2020.


CALDWELL, IDAHO – Lonnie Max Wright, longtime resident of Murphy and Caldwell, Idaho, passed away September 29, 2020, at the age of 80.


Walt Arnold

Courtesy PRCA Rodeo

World champion steer roper Walt Arnold, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, passed away Aug. 14 in Silverton, Texas. He was 81.