Mike Priddy, 76, of Wichita Falls passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2025 while vacationing in Niagara Falls, Canada.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 15, 2025 at Faith Village Church of Christ Family Center with Royce Priddy, Mark Priddy and Ryan Russell, officiating. The family will receive friends before the service between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.in the Family Center at Faith Village Church of Christ. A private family burial at Riverside Cemetery in Byers, Texas will be held later under the direction of Owens and Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls.
Mike was born on November 18, 1948 in Nocona, Texas to the late James Leroy and Linzie (Montgomery) Priddy. He married Nancy Dowlearn on December 29, 1969 in Wichita Falls and the couple were married for 45 years before her passing in 2015. Later Mike met Trina Russell and they married on March 11, 2017 and spent 8 wonderful years together.
Mike attended Nocona High School and graduated as valedictorian in 1967. Later, he attended Midwestern State University and graduated with a teaching certificate, majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Biology. After receiving a principal and superintendent certifications from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, Mike spent the next 49 years as an educator in four different schools. He started at Iowa Park High School teaching Biology and retired from Byers ISD, where he taught math in high school and served as a Principal and Superintendent. After retiring from Byers ISD, Mike returned to teaching part-time high school math in Randlett, Oklahoma and finished his teaching career at Henrietta High School, teaching upper-level math courses.
In addition to teaching, Mike had a calling for preaching. Over the years, he preached in three different churches, Montague Church of Christ, Charlie Church of Christ and Petrolia Church of Christ. Mike will truly be missed by many family and friends.
Along with his wife, Nancy and his parents, Mike was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Jean Keck in 2013.
He is survived by his wife, Trina Priddy of Wichita Falls; daughter, Jennifer Edmondson and husband, Clint of Byers, Texas; son, Jeff Priddy of Nocona; two bonus sons, Ryan Russell and wife, Erin of Dayton, Ohio and Kris Russell of Abilene, Texas; sister, Shirlene Rice of Nocona, Texas, two brothers, Royce Priddy and wife, Donna of Throckmorton, Texas and Mark Priddy and wife, Sandra of Lubbock, Texas; five grandchildren, Adam Priddy and wife, Trinity of Plano, Texas, Gabrielle Magers and Michael of Muldrow, Oklahoma, Linzie Priddy of College Station, Texas, and Elsie and Josie Russell of Dayton, Ohio; and two great-grandchildren Wilder and Charlotte Magers of Muldrow, Oklahoma.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.owensandbrumley.com
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