Payton "Bubba" Juarez

Payton “Bubba” Juarez, 24, of Houston, TX passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 23, 2026, at Living Water Family Church, 2500 S Eastern, with pastor Oscar Mendoza officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

Bubba was born October 23, 2001, in Fort Bragg, NC. He attended Tascosa High School and graduated from Lubbock Estacado High School. Bubba worked for Amazon and was attending school to become an anesthesiologist. He loved football and baseball, music, family road trips, fishing, and looking fresh.

He was preceded in death by grandpa, Ernest Gonzales.

Survivors include his mother, Angelica Valdez, of Amarillo, TX; father, Patrick Juarez, of North East, MD; sister, Alysa Paige Juarez, of Amarillo; brothers Angelo Patrick Juarez of Amarillo, TX and Preston Andre Juarez, of Amarillo, TX ; stepbrother, Joseph Moya, of Amarillo, TX; grandmother, Diane Gonzales, of Amarillo, TX; grandfather, Marc Valdez, of Amarillo, TX; grandfather, Felipe Juarez, Jr. of Lubbock, TX; and grandmother, Gloria Juarez, of Amarillo, TX.