Joel Wayne Layton, age 44, passed away on November 9, 2014. Funeral services will be at 2PM on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church with Bro. George Price and John Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Childress Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 from 6-8PM at Johnson Funeral Home. Joel was born on November 20, 1969 in Wheatland, Wyoming to Charles Wayne and Sandra Joy (Cox) Layton. He was a hard worker, and had been employed with West Texas Gas for 20 years. Joel graduated from Memphis High School in 1989 where he was given the Peacemaker Award. A fun-loving and jovial person, he was known by many as a big, gentle giant. He was a happy and kind person, and a dependable friend and brother who was always there when needed. A Christian man, he would do anything for anybody, and was often referred to as a “cowboy with angel wings.” He loved roping and playing golf, but most of all loved his family. He was a loving father and brother, and could not have been a better son for his parents. Joel will be dearly missed by all who knew him, Joel was preceded in death by his grandparents, Chuck and Penny Layton and Pick and LaQueta Cox. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tom Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund, PO Box 161, Guthrie, TX 79236 or to your favorite charity. Survivors include his parents, Sandra and Ronald Hatcher and Charlie and Diana Layton; 2 daughters, Leigh Ann Layton and Blayne Layton; Son, Dalton Layton; Sister, Lauron Johnson and husband, Landon; numerous special cousins, extended family and friends.