Travis Dale Deen
Travis Dale Deen
1944-2023
Dr. Travis Deen, 78, cherished Wills Point veterinarian, died peacefully on July 31, 2023, bordered by his household at the Deen Home Place, his much-loved residence, fields, as well as yard, after a fearlessly fought fight with cancer cells.
Travis Dale Deen was birthed on November 4, 1944, to Ruth Travis Deen and William Clyde “Billy” Deen in Jacksonville at Nan Travis Hospital, a facility named in honor of his great-grandmother and also supplied by his great uncle, Dr. Louie Travis. He married Carol Ann Stanley, as well as with Carol, relocated to College Station to go to Texas A&M University. After finishing from TAMU in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science, Travis went into the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, to seek his lifelong dream of ending up being a veterinarian.
Dr. Deen was asked by the community elders of Wills Point to start his vet method there, and he became its initial, as well as for several years, its only veterinarian. Throughout his time in practice, Dr. Deen never quit uncovering as well as learning advancements in veterinary medicine, making a track record as an exceptional specialist, specifically in equine medication. Dr. Deen was a birthed teacher as well as trainer, and also throughout his profession, wrote countless veterinary journal articles and also documents, gave talks to and trained fellow vets and aspiring veterinarians around Texas as well as past.
After a successful and also long career, Dr. Deen retired in 2014, yet in retired life did not stop in pleasing his intense and also long-lasting need to discover and study. When Dr. Deen located an interest, he did not mess around however entered a serious and also rigorous research study of it, checking out, finding out, as well as practicing on every facet of the subject. Rising at 4 a.m., he filled his days on his tractor, doing what he enjoyed most often tending to his favored location, his Home Place, the ranch of his grandparents, J.E. as well as Duron Turner Deen.
Above all, Dr. Deen was a beloved spouse to his partner, father to his daughters, Daddy Deen to his five grandchildren, uncle to his nephews, a sibling, and also a loyal buddy to his numerous canines as well as friends. We were all made much better for understanding him.
Dr. Deen is survived by his spouse of 60 years, Carol, three daughters, Tess Dale Deen, Dana Deen Kinion (husband, Steve Kinion), and also Andrea Deen Hampton (partner, Dr. David Hampton), his sibling, Billy Jack “Brother” Deen (other half, Lucia), 5 grandchildren, Ben Travis Webb, Jake Allen Webb, Ruth Catherine Kinion, Emma Helene Kinion, as well as Henry Travis Kinion, nephews Luke Deen (other half, Meagan) and also Sam Deen (other half, Ashley) and a wide variety of Deen cousins. He is come before in fatality by his parents, Billy as well as Ruth Deen.
Visitation and the funeral service were held Thursday, August 10, 2023, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with interment next to his parents that promptly followed at Haven of Memories Cemetery in Canton. In lieu of blossoms, donations might be made to the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine Large Animal Compassionate Care Fund by mosting likely to: http:// give.am/ DrDeenMemorial and also list Dr. Travis Deen as the person memorialized by your gift.