Randy O’ Neal led the PCSP this year as a visionary and supervised, as well as, contributed to the numerous developments and improvements. PCSP mourned the loss of Bob Elder and Rick Merritt. New Officers for 2017 include Randy O’ Neal- Captain, David Stanley- Lieutenant, Doug Leeper- Secretary, Seth Denbow- Treasurer, Todd White- Corral Boss, Kenny Crim- Wrangler, Chloe Peacock- Sweetheart, J. C. Moore- Rodeo Chairman. New members of the year included Ryan Cate, DVM and Edward Gray.
2018 Steven Finch – Captain, Todd White – Lieutenant, Doug Leeper – Secretary, Seth Denbow – Treasurer, Garry Giese – Corral Boss, Larry Walden – Wrangler, Huck Peacock – Rodeo Chairman, Shane Harris – Rodeo Committee, Rick Wilson – Rodeo Committee, Lanie Hannah – Sweetheart. Board of Directors – Jamie French, Larry Sullivan, Travis Faulkner, Joe Harris, Jim Bradford and Chris Hannah. The 71st annual rodeo was a great success and the Posse was invited to be honorary Marshalls at the Fredericksburg parade in August. The south border of the property was cleared and fenced as well as a new entry on the Greenwood Road side, an agreement was reached with the PCLIA that allowed them to start the planning and construction of their new barn. We saluted Calvin Allen – 25 years, Pat Hamilton – 40 years, Phil Livingston – 40 years and Mack Young – 40 years of service. The Posse sadly lost some great members, Fred Thomas, Dr. Gary Grote, Tom B. Saunders IV and Lewis Wayne Ellis, they will be missed. We did bring on new members Lannie Fulton, Roudy Turner and Honorary Member Douglas Finch.
2019 Jamie French-Captain, Garry Giese-Lieutenant, Doug Leeper-Secretary, Seth Denbow-Treasurer, Larry Walden-Coral Boss, Troy Rodgers-Wrangler, Jackie Peacock-Sweetheart, and Larry Fowler-Sheriff. Board of Directors-Garry Giese, Joe Harris, Shane Harris, Craig Peacock, Thomas Saunders, and Todd White. Rodeo Chairman-Shane Harris. Rodeo Committee-Rick Wilson and Randy O’ Neil. The 72nd year of the Posse was busy as usual attending several parades and rides. Parades included Springtown, Stephenville, Fredericksburg, Granbury, Veteran’ s Day and Weatherford Christmas Parade. In addition, other activities included escorting the Red Stegall trail ride and appearing at the H-E-B grand opening. They were also privileged to serve as honor guards at the R. A. Knight memorial service. The Ranch rodeo was somewhat hindered by heavy rain but not enough to stop those cowboys. In the mud and crud, the rodeo went forward. For the second time in history, the Fort Worth Stock show and rodeo parade was canceled due to inclement weather. The disappointment of not getting to ride in the parade was eased by being recognized in the grand entry of the rodeo as making,“ the last ride” in Will Rodgers Coliseum. The Posse showed community support by donating toy’ s to CASA, attending the Pink Luncheon and Halo for Freedom banquet, and modeling at Badges, Bags, and Bingo. In addition to all the off-property activities, the South Entrance and road were completed. Many hours were spent clearing and leveling land, spreading gravel, and preparing the south property for the expansion of the parking area. New speaker towers were built. The cowboy camp was renovated with concrete floors, a sink, a retaining wall, and video screens. A porch and fence were added to the caretaker’ s house. Restrooms were painted and renovated. Construction began on a racetrack for horseraces for the Ranch Rodeo in September. The PCLIA completed construction on a much needed new building. New to the posse this year was adding the cattle drive from Millsap to the posse grounds. The Millsap Heritage Society provided a free breakfast to start the morning off. The usual Wednesday rodeo parade was moved to Saturday. The street dance followed the parade and was moved back to downtown in the parking area off York Street. The June rodeo and the Ranch Rodeo set new attendance records. In June, the members were saddened by the loss of twenty-five-year member Fred Davies. Two members, Noel Bryan and Coy Carter were recognized for 60 years of service. Herb Fowler was recognized for 50 years and Harold Swain, Jim Duncan and Larry Peck were recognized for 40 years.“ Thank You” for all your hours of service. Five new members were inducted this year: Matt Galliton( Jan), Trent Faulkner( Feb), Shon Novak( Apr), Charles McFarland( Apr), and Richard Lee( June).
2020 Jamie French – Captain, Doug Leeper – Lieutenant, Roudy Turner – Secretary, Seth Denbow – Treasurer, Troy Rodgers – Corral
Boss, David Berry – Wrangler, Sydney Dixon – Sweetheart, and Larry Fowler- Sheriff. Board of Directors – Garry Giese, Joe Harris, Thomas Saunders, Shane Harris, Craig Peacock, and Todd White. Rodeo Chairman – Rick Wilson. Rodeo Committee – Randy O’ Neal and Larry Sullivan. Past Captain – Steven Finch. The 73rd year of the Posse was one like folks have never experienced before. The year started off as normal. The posse attended parades in Springtown, Stephenville, and Red Stegall in September and October. In November and December, the Veterans Day, and Christmas in Weatherford. In January, the Fort Worth Stock show and Rodeo parade and Grand Entry. In Feb., the last out of town parade of the year took place in San Angelo. In March, the World changed as the COVID virus attacked the United States. As COVID guidelines shut things down. The posse continued to go forward, and meetings continued. With many rodeos cancelled, the Posse decided to continue with the rodeo. The June rodeo was postponed to July. On July 4th, the rodeo started with breakfast at the Millsap Log Cabins and the trail ride / cattle drive from Millsap to the Parker County Sheriff’ s Posse grounds. Then, for the first time ever, the cattle were driven from South Main to North Main ending at Peacock’ s feed store. A street dance followed. RFD TV came and filmed the rodeo. The Posse got national recognition as being one of the few rodeos that chose to move forward and continue with the rodeo. Despite the adversity of COVID, the rodeo was a huge success. The Annual Ranch Rodeo was held in September with a first“ Matched Horse Race”. This was another record-breaking event for the posse. The posse continued to rebuild the holding pens behind the bucking chutes. Through a joint venture with the PCSP and the PCLIA, a sixty-five-thousand-gallon water harvesting tank was installed and put into operation to help with water needs. PCSP signed a contract with an independent contractor to have an annual drive through Christmas light show. Longtime member Maurice Curfman was inducted into the UPRA Hall of Fame. The year brought the loss of thirty-three-year member Tommy Newberry and Roy Glen Densmore a fifty-eight- year member. Roy Glen Densmore never missed a general meeting in his first fifty-two years as a member. The posse would like to recognize Joe Dean Johnson for being awarded a forty-year plaque. Other members were honored with twenty-five-year plaques; Josh Ashley, Duane Bailey, Travis Faulkner, Tommy French, Bob Glenn, Kerry Kelley, Mark Riebe, and David Rogers. All of your services are greatly appreciated. No new members were sworn in during the year. PCSP would like to thank the community for all the support that made 2020 such a huge success.
2021 Doug Leeper- Captain, Troy Rodgers- Lieutenant, Roudy Turner- Secretary, Mat Galliton- Treasurer, Stephen Schult- Corral Boss, Charles McFarland- Wrangler, Shyann Rodgers- Sweetheart, Larry Fowler- Sheriff, Jamie French- Past Captain, Rodeo Committee- Randy O’ Neal- Chairman, Larry Sullivan, Travis Faulkner, Board of Directors- Garry Giese, Bill Riddle, Thomas Saunders, Shane Harris, Seth Denbow, and Steven Finch. The Parker County Sheriff’ s Posse accomplished a lot this year. We finished the pens in southwest corner of the arena, which established the new roof over the pens serving as the foundation for the new Chute 7 Club at the west end of the arena. Our PRCA Rodeo was a huge success, with standing room only Friday and Saturday night, which has prompted future changes to our arena to increase capacity. The Women’ s Professional Rodeo Association awarded our arena with the Most Improved Footing. Huge thanks to our members and Randy O’ Neal, our Rodeo Chairman. We also were live on The Cowboy Channel, which will help us grow even more. We finished our year with our yearly parade and gathering in Fredericksburg, Texas which was an awesome way to finish my term as captain. I have no words that would sum up the appreciation of a lot of our members who get in there and work their tail off to have a great PRCA rodeo and keep our facilities top notch! THANK YOU!!! Also, a huge shout out and thank you to my wife— we couldn’ t get a lot of things done around the posse without the support of our wives. Thank you, Hun! The Posse welcomed new members Darrell Densmore, Chuck Prather, Brad Chane, Tommy Turner, Jeremy Sheriff, Derrick Geis and Paul Hardison. The Posse was saddened with loss of Sheriff Larry Fowler, a 16- year member; Don Gill, a 45-year member; and David Carter, a 13-year member.
2022 The year started off in September of 2021 with the swearing in of new officers. Captain: Shane Harris, Lieutenant: Larry Walden, Secretary: Roudy Turner, Treasurer: Mat Galliton, Corral Boss: Charles McFarland, Wrangler: Jamie French., and our Sweetheart: Maelie Turner.
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