Steven Eugene Hudson

Steven never did like to waste any time, so when the Lord called him home on November 7th, 2024, he went. He had fought the good fight, he had finished the race and he had kept the faith, and he went rejoicing into the arms of Jesus.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Thursday November 14, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church, 1100 S Harrison with Pastor Murray Gossett officiating. The family will be accepting friends from 5:00-7:00 PM Wednesday November 13, 2024 at Cox-Rowley Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.

Steven was born in Lubbock, Texas on April 20th, 1981 to Rebecca (Becky to all who know her) Raye and Gerald Wayne Hudson, and was followed by a brother, Mark in 1983. He was exceptionally bright, even as a child, and that amazing intellect only grew as he got older. Steven graduated from Cooper High School in 1999, 3rd in his class, ready to pursue a degree in engineering. Although accepted at several universities, including MIT, Steven decided on the smaller, more personal department of the Baylor Engineering Department, so he headed to Waco, ready to begin the next step in his life.

Steven joined the Baylor Riding Club his freshmen year, and it was there in the fall of 2000 that he met the love of his life and future wife Serena. They started dating in February of 2001 and never stopped. He changed her life profoundly - first, though his love and second, by introducing her to Christ. For Steven, who had accepted Jesus at 12, the idea that the woman he had come to love had not done the same was unacceptable. And Steven always was a man who knew His Lord and followed His voice.

They were married on November 7th 2004 and settled briefly in the DFW area before moving to Amarillo in 2007, where Steven started a job with Xcel Energy. Shortly thereafter the building of a tiny army of mini-Stevens began, and Elena Lauren was born on April 8th, 2008, followed by Ian Russell on February 24th 2010 and the double dose of joy and chaos that was Cole Joseph and Garrett Luke on July 13th 2012.

Steven accomplished so many things in the short time he was here. He received his Masters of Science Degree from Texas Tech in Systems and Engineering Management in 2013. He served on the Safety Committee of the Maverick Boys and Girls Club of Amarillo, was a driver for Meals on Wheels and dedicated much of his personal time, energy and love to Boy Scout Troop 89, of which all of his sons are members of. He started his own company Panhandle Power Engineers in 2017. He was an active member of the IEEE Panhandle Section and had recently joined the BNI Business Builders of Amarillo Chapter. He received numerous profession and personal accolades in his life. And he was a damn good engineer, who did his job well.

Steven was an avid reader and game player. He didn’t have much downtime, but if he wasn’t fixing or building something around the home, and rallying his children to assist in a “family project” (which was never going to last longer than 30 minutes), he could be found playing games. Computer games, card games, didn’t matter which. He never said no if one of the kids asked him to play a game, and he taught all the kids how to play poker. So I would advise against sitting down with any of them for a “casual” hand or two. Steven always played to win, and his children do the same.

Steven could fix almost anything, and if he couldn’t fix it, he’d build a better one. He could talk to anyone, and frequently did. Serena always joked Steven knew everyone, and it has been a sweet shock to realize she was right. Steven was incredibly smart, with a ready sense of humor to boot, and the man could say more with one eyebrow than anyone I know.

Steven would have been the first to say he was not a perfect man. But he worked hard every day to show perfect love to Serena and the kids, and he did it well. He was a devoted husband and a loving and demanding father. He poured more into his children in the last 16 years than most fathers do in a lifetime, and when he collapsed on the floor of the bathroom November 7th, his children responded just like their father had raised them to. Collected, decisive, and above all, remembering Dad’s first rule, “Don’t panic.” I don’t think he could have been more proud.

Steven dominated every room he was in, if not by his voice and quick mind, then with his physical presence. He was a big man, 6’3”, with broad shoulders that carried the weight of the world for his family. He would have done anything for Serena and the kids, and frequently did. He was a man who spoke his love and faith in action rather than words, and his passing has left a hole that will never be filled.

I know he would think this is too long, and that I certainly used too many commas, but considering the life and legacy the man left, it is too short by far.

Steven is survived by his wife Serena and his children Elena, Ian, Garrett and Cole, by his parents Becky and Gerald Hudson of Lubbock and his father and mother-in-law Richard and Kathleen Hill of Colleyville, TX. Other survivors include his brother Mark Hudson of Prescott Valley, AZ, as well as his brothers-in-laws and their wives, Spencer and Destinee Hill of Fort Worth and Scott and Michelle Hill of Justin, Texas, and a number of nieces and nephews, and hundreds of friends and acquaintances whose world is just a little dimmer without him in it.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests that donations be made to the benefit account for Steven Hudson for the children’s college fund at Amarillo National Bank.

“They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.” Rev. 22:4-5

“All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.” The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis