Deacon Buckley

Deacon Buckley LUBBOCK-Deacon Buckley, 29, of Dimmitt passed away on Aug. 1, 2013, in Dimmitt. Celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. on Monday in the 4th and Bedford Church of Christ with Chuck Ball and James Jones officiating. Private family graveside will be in West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt. Viewing will begin at the funeral home from 1 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Deacon was born on Aug. 5, 1983, in Dimmitt, Texas, to Steve and Vicki Buckley. Deacon grew up in Dimmitt and graduated from Dimmitt High School in 2002. He attended Texas Tech University and was a Phi Delta Theta. On July 19, 2008, he married Callen Mixson. He was a member of the 4th and Bedford Church of Christ, Dimmitt Young Farmers, National Corn Growers 300 Bushel Club, Fiber Max 1 Ton Club and the National Rifle Association. Deacon's personal business and occupation was Family Custom and Precision Farming. His hobby business was Final Flight Outfitters. He enjoyed farming, hunting, fishing, cooking, outdoors, his dogs and working in his yard. He loved his church and attending church camps. He was proud to be a Life Gift Donor. He loved life, but most of all he loved his wife, his boys, and his entire family. Deacon is survived by his spouse, Callen Buckley of Dimmitt; two sons, Hudson James Buckley (two years old) and Hagen Foster Buckley (six months old), both of Dimmitt; his parents, Steve and Vicki Buckley of Dimmitt; two brothers, Dustan Buckley and wife Brooke and Derek Buckley and wife Whitni, both of Lubbock; one sister, Chelsea Buckley of Lubbock; grandparents, Don and Betty Carpenter of Dimmitt; mother and father-in-law, Terry and Lisa Mixson of Dimmitt; grandparents-in-law, Duward and Joyce Davis of Dimmitt; two nephews, Braden Buckley and Lincoln Buckley; and two nieces, Zimri Buckley and London Buckley. Memorials can be made to Hudson and Hagen Buckley Love Fund, First United Bank of Dimmitt, 201 N. Broadway, Dimmitt, TX 79027 Sign the online guest book at colonialfuneralhome.org.