Harry Lee Haney

Harry Lee Haney was born at Clinic Hospital in San Angelo, Texas on July 11, 1940. He grew up in Midland, Texas and graduated from Midland High School where he had played Violin in the orchestra. After graduation he went to work with his Dad in the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Industry. Then he had an offer to go to work in Kermit, Texas where his Aunt Jean and Uncle Ken Welch owned KERB Radio Station. He learned how to be a Disc Jockey and Sports Announcer under their guidance. He moved on to a Station in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he continued in the same direction. There was a Rodeo in Santa Fe that he attended to do a live broadcast. He was interviewing one of the Bull Riders, maybe a little too up close and personal, when he got gored in the stomach by the bull. He actually lived to tell about it. While there, he also tried his hand at acting. They were filming a movie in and around Santa Fe with Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash called “A Gunfight”. He was chosen to be one of the extras in a couple of different scenes. He decided that was not his cup of tea, in that there was too much down time. He really wasn’t one to be able to just sit around. From Santa Fe he came back to West Texas where the Oil Industry was thriving, and he became an Oilfield Sales Rep. When the bust happened, he moved back to San Angelo and back into Radio until his battle with throat cancer when he lost his voice. Lee’s final venture, was as a crossing guard for the City of San Angelo, following in his Mom’s footsteps, as she was a crossing guard for the city of Midland. He thoroughly enjoyed seeing those kids every day.

Lee was an accomplished artist. He loved painting old buildings, people and pets and anything that happened to catch his eye. He took up playing the Violin again in his later years until his hands started shaking too much to be able to do his artwork or play the Violin any longer. He loved to go to his rehab and exercise classes. He felt like the friends he had made there, and his instructors were like family to him.

Harry Lee was preceded in death by his mother Doris Lee Haney; his Dad Lewis Haney, and his daughter, Janna Lee Harrison. He is survived by his son Craig Miller; his daughter, Sandra Lee Greenwood; grandchildren, Lyndsey Harry and Conn Rogers; great grandchildren, Logan and Cole Rogers; brother, Wesley Haney and wife Janice; sisters, Virginia Busbee and Anna Smith and husband Thomas, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He resided at Rio Concho Manor for several years, where he made many friends. He gave his life to the Lord and became a member of Freedom Fellowship Church where Harold Watkins was his Pastor and friend and will be officiating his memorial service.