Seth McDowell Wyatt

March 20, 1931 – April 12, 2023

Seth McDowell Wyatt was born in Garvin, Oklahoma on March 20, 1931, to Edmond Mac Wyatt and Lily Irene McCluskey. He is preceded in death by the love of his life, Lucy Pruneda Wyatt; both of his parents Mac and Lily; his mother-in-law Lilia Pruneda; his sister Nova Dean Coulter and her husband, George; and his son Jesse Saldana.

Seth grew up in Garvin and knew very clearly what it meant to be poor but recalled many times that he had a very happy childhood. His dad taught him to live off of the land and to hunt and so many life lessons that he carried over into his adulthood. In the days of his birth, children would be born at home with a midwife and record keeping was not at its best. He at one point, changed his birth certificate because he felt there had been a mistake in his birth year, but by the original birth certificate, he was born in 1930. Later, he legally changed his birth year to 1931. So, if you asked him how old he was, his response would be “Well depends on which birth certificate you want to use.” So, in his family’s eyes, he was 92/93.

By trade, he was owner of C&W Roofing Company, a tile and slate roofing business where he and his team roofed homes for people like the Perot’s, the Crowe’s, T. Boone Pickens, the Sassoon’s, and many others. He and his team did the first roof for the clock tower at Las Colinas, repair to the tile roof for the Magnolia building downtown and many other locations. He was well known for his skills in the trade, and he learned that business from the ground up. Even though he retired just a few years ago, he still could not pass up talking about a deal here or there as he loved the business.

Seth worked many trades in his lifetime: a cook in the Army, a ticket taker at the Majestic Theater, insurance sales, telegram delivery, a chauffeur, and a good portion of his adult life before he got into the roofing business, was as a butcher. He could cook just about anything and made delicious food. One of his favorite things to cook was a “down payment.” That’s what he called prime rib because it was so expensive. He was still living alone and batch cooking some of his favorite meals to freeze until October of last year when he became ill.

Seth still drove his pickup truck until he became ill as well. Every year, he sweet-talked whatever clerk he got at DMV into approving him for a driver’s license again and he drove to the grocery store or to the post office in Mesquite at least three or four times a week.

One of Seth’s favorite things was being in his “church.” That meant he was out in the woods, where you could see your breath, it was so cold, and just to sit and spend time alone with nature and he said he did his best talking to God there. It was his most peaceful moments in life. He loved to hunt deer, squirrels, turkeys, and wild pigs. Anyone who went hunting with him said he became a different person out on the lease and was like a kid and a lot of fun.

Seth was a 67+ year member of the Masonic Lodge and was also a Shriner and a Scottish Rite member as well. He loved the lodge, the brotherhood and fellowship. He most enjoyed recruiting new members including his son Shelby and his grandson Klint. It made him very proud that they both became Masons. He started out in the Oak Cliff Lodge, but after his wife died, he became a member of Chalk Mountain Lodge and Mesquite Lodge. An extremely proud moment came for him when Chalk Mountain recently presented him with the Golden Trowel Award, one of the highest honors you can receive as a Mason.

He loved his wife Lucy, and it truly crushed his heart when she died in 2014. He met her while deer hunting in Kerrville, Texas in 1969, after a stop at the Acapulco Café where she was his waitress, and he fell head over heels in love with her. He didn’t even falter that she had four children for him to take on as well. They then moved to the Dallas area and were married at the Floral Shop in downtown Wylie, and it was a wonderful marriage of nearly 45 years. He loved his stepchildren as if they were his own and worked hard to provide for them all.

Seth is survived by his children Diane Thompson of Rowlett; Shelby Day and his wife Denise of Caddo Mills; and Roy Wyatt of Dallas; his brother Joel Wyatt and his wife Sue of Oklahoma; his sister Rene Johnson and her husband Jeff of Oklahoma; his nephew Ricky Coulter and his wife Tommie; 8 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

He is already so very missed by his family and friends. That is a testimony of the good man he was. As he would say, and as it is written on his and Lucy’s headstone, “It’ll all work out.” So, we do not worry, as we know we will see them both again someday.

A reception for Seth will be held Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Anderson Clayton Gonzalez Funeral Home, 1111 Military Parkway, Mesquite, Texas 75149. A visitation will occur from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, 1111 Military Parkway, Mesquite, Texas 75149. A funeral service will occur Friday, April 21, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Anderson Clayton Gonzalez Funeral Home Chapel, 1111 Military Parkway, Mesquite, Texas 75149. A committal service will occur Friday, April 21, 2023 from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM at Grove Hill Memorial Park, 3920 Samuell Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75228.

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