Dustin Roe Mayer -- Cowboy

 

Dustin Roe Mayer

Dustin “Dusty” Roe Mayer was born on a Sunday morning, June 26, 1983 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, one of the few members of this family born in New England.  He was one of the two children born to Loren Roe Mayer and Mary Elizabeth Cantrell. His only sibling, Molly Anne, was born in 1981.  His father, Loren was a native of Greenfield.   His mother, however, was a native of Tarrant County, Texas and was a descendant of Allen Sholar and Jemima Bridges.

Dusty spent his early years in New England.  When he was five years old, he and the family moved to Roy, New Mexico.  It was there that his fascination with the cowboy life began. The family moved for a short time to Houston, Texas, but moved back to Roy where Dusty completed his high school.  After completing his education, Dusty would never leave northern New Mexico again.

In high school, Dusty learned to play the trombone, was active on the soccer team, was a Boy Scout and attained a brown belt in judo. But mainly his high school days were filled with rodeos and bull-riding and he adopted and embraced the hard work required of an American cowboy.

In 2005, Dusty married Jessica de Baca and they moved to the Ojo Feliz Ranch, located near the community of Wagon Mound, New Mexico.  While living on the ranch, they became the parents of their three children, Jasper, Parker and Scarlett.  At the ranch, Dusty worked as his lifelong profession, a cowboy. In addition, Dusty continue to participate in rodeos, primarily working in the rodeo sport of bull riding. Dusty enjoyed working with leather crafts and had learned the art of saddle making. He was a great lover of animals, especially his horses and cattle, and he felt most at home outdoors.  While working on the ranch, he was responsible for gathering, branding and shipping many a head of cattle.
Dusty was an active member of the New Mexico Maverick Club.  The Maverick Club was the sponsor of quintessential small-town Fourth of July rodeos since 1923.  Dusty participated in a series of riding and roping contests derived from the working skills of the American cowboy.  

On Sunday morning, June 2, 2019, Dusty lost his life doing what he loved.  While working as a cowboy. Dusty’s horse fell on him as he was riding at the ranch in Ojo Feliz, New Mexico.  Dusty was only 35 years old at the time of his death and left behind three young children, Jasper 13, Parker 9, and Scarlett 5.

Dusty was buried in the Roy Cemetery in Roy, New Mexico.

LINEAGE: (Dustin Roe Mayer was the son of Loren Roe and Mary Elizabeth Cantrell Mayer, grandson of William Allen and Joyce Laree Hobbs Cantrell and great-grandson of William Emory and Vida Viola Vinson Cantrell.  Vida was the daughter of Jesse Allen and Elizabeth Sims Vinson.  Jesse was the first child of Thomas Allison and Alpha Gemima Sholar Vinson. Alpha was the ninth child of Allen and Jemima Bridges Sholar.  Jemima was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)