Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - Page 27
Cowgirl’s legacy lives on in champion buckle
J a n ic e H ealy D a v is,
daughter of Bill and Kathryn
Healy, grew up on the Healy
Ranch out o f Heppner with
sisters, Patti, Joan, Susan,
Mary and Maureen. Janice’s
love and passion for barrel
racing and competition began
at Heppner’s Morrow County
Fair & Rodeo and Wranglers
Riding Club.
Janice graduated in 1978
from Heppner High School
and won Oregon’s High School
All Around Cowgirl title. She
attended BMCC and EOSU
on rodeo scholarships, took
the Northwest Regional Barrel
Race Championship and third
at the National College Rodeo
in barrels. In 1979 and 1980,
she reigned as Pendleton
Round-Up Princess and Queen,
1981 Miss Rodeo Oregon.
Janice also ran barrels at the
prestigious Calgary World Cup
Team Invite.
F o r a li f e tim e , she
com peted in the Columbia
River Circuit, NPRA rodeos,
Hermiston Barrel Club and
any barrel race she could get
to. Training barrel race horses
and rodeo com petition ran
deep in her blood. She dearly
cherished the camaraderie with
those rodeo families.
Janice raised the greatest
joys and blessings of her life.
her four children, Hailey, Paige,
Brooke, Zane and grandson
Wyatt in Hermiston, OR. She
was a devoted mother who
inspired her children in rodeo,
sports and all their activities.
The O regon Trail Pro
Rodeo Champion Barrel Race
buckle is given every year in
Janice’s memory by her family
and friends.
“She truly was the epitome
of a barrel racer. A courageous,
determ ined, warm hearted
mother, daughter, sister, aunt
and friend, who will forever
live on in our hearts.”
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