Walter Fant Pearson, 97, a cattleman, died Thursday, April 8, 2004 at Weatherford.W. Fant Pearson was born to Benjamin Franklin Pearson and Annie Hagood Pearson on February 19, 1907 in east Weatherford that is now Willow Park. Fant's grandfathers, Hagood and Baker, homesteaded with land grants from Governor Sul Ross in the early 1800s. At the age of three, Fant's family moved to a house on part of this land grant and at the age of five into the house where he was currently residing. Fant loved his home and the land where he worked his entire life. He was a serious man whose word was his bond, who paid his debts and expected others to do the same.Everywhere Fant went he broadcast, "I love that North Side Baptist Church and everyone in it. And where do you go to church?"Fant is the last of nine children of the Pearson pioneer family who lived in the Dicey Community. Fant's grandfather, William Baker gave the land for the Dicey Cemetery.Survivors include wife of 35 years, Mary D. Wilson Pearson; granddaughter, Lorna Sue Cockerham and family; nieces, Ada Moore, Dorothy Wenzel, Carolyn Peterson, Maxine Brooks, Lois Pearson, Charleen Stenger and husband, Jim, Betty June Harris and husband, Joel; two nephews, Boley Pearson and wife, Evelyn, Warren Pearson and wife, Nettie; a loving sister-in-law, Lajuana Himes and husband, Bob; and extended family, Charlotte and Ben Evans and their families, and Janice Roberts. Also the many special friends of Pearson Ranch Bible Sharing, Shari Cornelius, Murl Chandler, Billie Terry, Marci Brooks, Jo Ann Bolman, Joy Williams, Eloise Jacobs, Norma Cooper, Virginia Carter, Julie Kalamine, Gloria West, Barbara Stotts, Shirley Stults, Leola Webster, Edwina Himes and Sue Shaw.The family would like to say a special thank you for the loving care given to Fant during his last days to Trisha, Margaret, Annie, Peggy and Stephanie of Main Street Hospice of Azle.