Brandon Traye Bolding

Brandon Traye Bolding, 43, of White Deer, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2025 in White Deer.

Services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, February 1, 2025, at First Baptist Church of White Deer with Brother Alan Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in White Deer Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors and Crematory. 

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, January 30, 2025 from 6:00-7:30 PM. 

Brandon was born August 21, 1981 in Amarillo to Timothy and Kandy Bolding. He graduated from Midland Greenwood High School in 2000 and later earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas. After college, Brandon worked for his father at Badger Production Services and Clear Creek Companies until Tim’s retirement. He then continued in the oil/gas industry, working for various companies as a plant operator in the Midland area until 2024. Brandon moved back to White Deer and started working as the plant operator for Producers Midstream near Allison. 

Brandon was very involved with his father, as they built a farm together in White Deer and started Bolding Gun Dogs in 2020. He had a love for hunting and his bird dogs. The outdoors was his sanctuary, where he found peace and happiness in nature. Hunting wasn’t just a hobby; it was a tradition he cherished and loved passing down. Brandon found immense joy in taking the younger generation hunting, teaching them not only the skills and patience required but also respect and gratitude for the land and the life it provides. His stories, wisdom, and time spent in nature will remain treasured memories for those he mentored. Through them, Brandon’s legacy will continue on.

Brandon had a heart as big as the open sky, treating everyone like family and always making those around him feel valued and loved. He loved his family and treated his extended family like brothers and sisters. Family was everything to Brandon. His warmth, laughter, and steadfast loyalty left an incredible mark on everyone he met. 

He was preceded in death by his father, Timothy Bolding in 2023, grandfather, Carl Mynear, and aunt, Carla Mynear.

Survivors include his mother, Kandy of White Deer; grandmother Nell Mynear of White Deer; aunt Patti Parks of White Deer; Chase Mynear, wife Kyla, and children Drestyn Bell, Brooke Bell, Cutter Bell, and Caynden Mynear of White Deer; Jeni Wolfe, husband Zach, and children Paisley and Brandon of Pampa; aunt Rebecca Lake, husband Keith, and daughter Gracie of Lathrop, California; Blake Bolding, wife Kearsten, and children Kale and Dawson of Moline, Illinois; uncle Mark Bolding and wife Colette of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kelly Bolding of Lambertville, New Jersey; Brooke Bolding of Olympia, Washington; and a host of friends. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Supporting Excellence at White Deer High School Fund, c/o FirstBank Southwest.