Don was the best friend anybody could ever ask for. He and I were best friends / brothers since the first day we met at Austin Middle School. He LOVED his family more that life itself. I even named my own son after him, Aaron Don Stanhope. I miss him and think about him every day. Don played football with us #67, and left behind a lot of great friends. I LOVE and miss you brother !! RIP Don !! Ronnie Stanhope

Don Sweet, 46, of Canyon died Thursday, July 28, 2011, in Amarillo.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel with Dale Moreland, associate pastor of The Church at Quail Creek, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery.

Don was born July 16, 1965, in Pampa. He graduated from Tascosa High School and married Melanie Watkins in 1990 in Amarillo.

He worked at J. Lee Milligan and loved to hunt and fish.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Viola and Archie Bullard, and Orion and Mildred Sweet.

Survivors include his wife, Melanie; a daughter, Lindsey of Canyon; a sister, Dana Smith of Canyon; his mother, Donna Sweet of Canyon; his father, Kenneth Sweet of Amarillo; and a very special friend, Ronnie Stanhope of Palestine.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.

Sign the online guest book at www.brooksfuneral.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 31, 2011