Dr. Michael Lance Deason, D.V.M.

January 17, 1940 was an eventful day in Corpus Christi, Texas. The city experienced rare freezing rain and snow, and Michael Lance Deason was born to Winton and Nettie Frank (Holland) Deason. Michael was the only child of that union.  He passed away April 10, 2024, after a brief illness.  

Mike graduated from Roy Miller High School in 1957.  He spent a year at Del Mar College and then transferred to Abilene Christian College where he graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor’s degree in Range Science.  He worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Wellington, Texas where he was introduced to his future wife, Margaret Rose Sisk, by a mutual friend. They were married June 16, 1963.

In 1964, Mike returned to college. He attended Texas A&M and graduated in 1968 from Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine. After graduation, he interviewed for a job in Vidor, Texas. He worked for Dr. Jack Williamson and later purchased the Vidor Animal Clinic. In 1977, Mike sold the clinic and moved his family to George West, Texas where he practiced until 2000. He transitioned to small animal practice and worked briefly in Austin, Texas, and Boyd, Texas. After retiring twice, Dr. Michael Lance Deason, D.V.M.  finished his career as a veterinarian working at Baldwin and Crosstown Animal Clinic in Corpus Christi, Texas. 

He was an active lifelong member of the Church of Christ.

Michael was preceded in death by his parents, Winton and Nettie Frank Deason; aunt, Jewell Holland; grandparents, Floyd Holland and wife Mildred (Ashby) Holland and Amos Beri and wife Claudia (Suratt) Deason.

Michael is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margaret Rose (Sisk) Deason; his three children, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, Bret and his wife Tracy Deason of Granbury and their children Cash and Camryn; son Scot Deason of Port Aransas and his children Savanah and Stefan, and Deanna and her husband Jim Jaeger of Giddings and their children Jacob and his wife Maycee and their daughter, Sutton; Jansen and his fiancé, Savannah Smith, and Kaylen, Jaxson and Jarett Jaeger.

Visitation is scheduled at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home in Three Rivers, TX on Sunday, April 14, 2024, from 5 to 7 p.m.

A graveside service will be held at Seaside Memorial Park in Corpus Christi, TX on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 2:30 p.m.

Serving as pallbearers are Cash Deason, Stefan Deason, Jim Jaeger, Jacob Jaeger, Jaxson Jaeger, Jarett Jaeger, David Todd and Rusty Williams. 

Memorials may be made to:

www.stjude.org

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105

or

Sunny Glen Children’s Home