Dr. Waylon Ray Jeter

Dr. Waylon Ray Jeter was born March 1, 1952, in Childress, TX to Joie Ray Jeter and Norma Francis Jeter. He attended Paducah High School where he met Laura Lynne Smith and began the next 50 years of his life which was filled with great joy and accomplishments. Life and learning took him first to Lubbock, TX at Texas Tech University for college and then to Austin, TX with his new wife to the University of Texas for the College of Pharmacy where he established a lifelong love of Longhorn sports, multicolored pills, and burnt orange jackets.
He took his expertise first to Vernon, TX and then back to Paducah at Jeter Pharmacy. He provided medical care, wisdom, and friendship to countless patients who still remember him fondly today. It was here that he became a father not just once but three times to Waylon Ryan Jeter, Meredith Lynn Jeter, and Benjamin Luke Jeter. He was an involved member of the neighborhood being on the school board and the church board. Despite his deep love for his Paducah roots, his thirst for knowledge persisted.
In 1989, he continued to broaden his knowledge with a degree in anatomy which segued into a Doctor of Chiropractic from Parker Chiropractic College. It was through this that he found his enduring passion of helping people with his hands. He and his family moved to Coppell, TX so that he could continue to pursue his dreams. He provided not just transformative but careful and individualized care to all his patients in Carrollton, TX but then onward to The Joint in New Braunfels for his renaissance. His greatest pleasure, beyond any other, was being involved in raising Hope and Hudson who were his pride and joy and a substantial part of his renewal of spirit.
His wealth of knowledge and drive to help people was dwarfed only by the great amount of love he had for his fellow man. He has friends who call him family from all of his epochs of life, grade school, university, and professional school. Most poignantly, as his children grew older, he became intertwined in their friend groups and oftentimes was more welcomed into the fold than his kids. They all speak of a man who was otherworldly in his knowledge, unmatched in his generosity, and sneakily hilarious in his quiet, unassuming way. He didn't have a bad thing to say about anyone but would occasionally provide you with a naughty quip that would unexpectedly delight. His humanity and big-heartedness left an everlasting mark on the lives of the people he met. Everyone knows Paducah because Waylon was from Paducah.
He was preceded by Nona Mae Biddy Walker and Jack Walker, his grandparents who had a central role in raising him; his parents, Joie and Norma (Walker) Jeter; his cherished parents in law, Avis Ann and B. L. Smith, and his dear sister in law, Avis Ann Fortado. He is survived by Laura Lynne; sisters, Linda (Mike) Weaver, Tracye (Craig) Mayberry, and Raquel (Joie) Truelock; his children, Waylon Ryan (Marlea) Jeter, Meredith Jeter Bibb, Benjamin Luke (Katherine) Jeter; his five beloved grandchildren: Hudson Bibb, Hope Bibb, Waylon Reece Jeter, Griffin Jeter, and most recently Callum Jeter; and nephews, Quade Weaver, Blake Weaver and Clayton Weaver and their families. He also leaves behind his family of 50 years by marriage Michael Fortado, Ben (Ellen) Smith, Marilyn (Phil) Richards and their children and grandchildren, his Aunt Shirley Jeter Denman (Carr) as well as countless other friends who had become family.
Funeral arrangements and memorial service details forthcoming.