The Henry and Fizzell family announced that Kenneth “Cowboy” Henry passed away on June 6, 2025 at home with his loving wife, Karen Henry, by his side. The family said “After a long health battle, we are very heartbroken to say that he is gone. We will be holding a memorial service soon to honor the great man that he was.”
“Cowboy” Henry was a long time resident of Williams and a well known fixture along Route 66 where he operated a tourist horse carriage business for over 20 years. According to his family “As we, his family, will miss him dearly, we know that so many will miss him as well. Over the last year, we all have been asked how he was doing; some of you did know, and some did not. Cowboy was a great man and often helped many times during events here in Williams. He was the type of man that would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it, whether he knew you or not. He was also the type of man if you just needed an ear to have someone to vent to. If that was not the case and you just needed a good laugh, he was the one that would give you a good joke or story that ended funny to make you laugh. He was a funny, stubborn, spitfire of a man, and a caring husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather with a heart of gold, and you will never meet anyone else that would come close to who he was as a person.”
Former Mayor John W. Moore said of Henry, “I was honored to know Cowboy for many years. He was a strong, self reliant man, the kind they don’t make many of anymore. He had a big impact on tourism in Williams and was a great ambassador that shared the history of the town with the thousands of visitors he interacted with every year. He was a good family man and a true patriot.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with his final expenses and a memorial service that will be announced shortly. The family is very grateful for the outpouring of love and support of the community.
The GoFundMe can be accessed here…
