Obituaries
September 20, 2025
Michael Ryan Pearson
Michael Ryan Pearson
December 30 1976 - September 20, 2025
On the morning of Saturday, September 20, 2025, we said goodbye to Michael Ryan Pearson after the injuries he sustained in an accident were not compatible with life. Devastation doesn't begin to describe the insurmountable depth of grief our family is experiencing. At only 48 years old, Mike leaves behind his daughter (Aeva) and son (Will), their mother (Danielle), his mother (Pat Pehrson) and her husband (Rick), his father (Jim Pearson) and his wife (Joyce), his older sister (Kristin Haney) and her husband (Todd), and his niece (Kate Haney). Along with his immediate family are a slew of family and friends who love him and already desperately miss him. Michael was preceded in death by his brother Jeffrey Pearson, cousin Paxton Weatherford, cousin George Pearson, his grandparents, and so many more. Heaven better be ready to have them all together!
Michael was born in Dallas, Texas on December 30, 1976. He attended school in Richardson at Jess Harben Elementary, Liberty Junior High, and graduated in 1995 from Berkner High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton. For several years, Michael worked as a professional educator before becoming a realtor and home builder.
Michael was an incredibly loving father, son, and brother. His children have always been his greatest love and strongest asset. The experiences he created with Aeva and Will leave lasting memories of their father. Mike was so incredibly proud to be a dad but even more proud to be the dad to his kids.
With a witty sense of humor, adventurous attitude, and an enduring mission for pulling successful pranks, Michael kept everyone on their toes from a young age. He always lived life to its fullest in everything he did and with everyone he touched. Mike was always a hard-working man, consummate perfectionist, artisan, chef, skateboarder, wordsmith, artist, jack of all trades, animal lover, grillmaster, and creative thinker and doer of all things. The strength of character Michael possessed was evident in all he did and said. He was kind, giving, creative, thoughtful, intelligent, fun, accepting, introspective, and loving. Mike Pearson was simply a solid, good guy with sparkling, blue eyes and a winning smile. He made everyone he encountered feel important. One of the very best things about Michael was that he would do anything for anyone in need.
Through organ donation, Michael has now touched up to 75 people with them receiving the gift of life or the improvement of life. Within hours of his passing, others in need received his amazingly strong and giving heart, his two healthy lungs, kidneys, pancreas, liver, and so much more.
Please pray for the families of his recipients and pray for our family as we all navigate the many days of grief ahead. As a young boy, Michael wanted so badly to be a superhero, and now he is truly that. We have all been immensely blessed by Michael in his very short life and are so incredibly proud that he continues to bless others. His gifts are bringing some solace and light to our darkness.
Be sure to love and hug those who are important to you because there is never enough time. Tell them what they mean to you while you can. Take the photos and videos - ALL the photos and videos - while you can. Make that quick phone call while you can. Take the time to see one another while you can. Appreciate your life and the lives of others while you can. And please consider organ donation. You, too, can make a difference in the lives of so many others.
A memorial service will be held in the future to celebrate the life of such an amazing man. Sharing stories and/or photos of Mike with our family would be so appreciated. If you are so inclined, please donate to the Southwest Transplant Alliance (http://organ.org) in Michael’s honor and register as an
organ donor if you have not already done so. (https://www.donatelifetexas.org/)
We love you and miss you, Michael Ryan Pearson, and that will never end.
Condolences
Kori October 02, 2025
Friend Plano , Texas
Your family is in my prayers. You will be missed dearly, we were never really close but despite that, the conversations we did have were always enjoyable and I will cherish those memories of you. Goodbye friend.
Karen Sanborn October 02, 2025
Friend of Kristin Carrollton , Texas
So very sorry for your loss, keeping his family and loved ones in my prayers 🙏🙏
Bruce Burns October 02, 2025
Friend Denton , Texas
Mike was such a sweetheart. I always felt a true sense of brotherly kinship in his presence. In many ways, I saw a reflection of myself in Mike…always endeavoring a project or big home improvement, a sense of adventure, and a genuine love for our friends and family. In fact, we once joked that we could pass for brothers. I’m gonna miss Mike and will hold my memories of him close for the rest of my life. His shocking and untimely departure is felt deeply and I pray for peace for his family and many friends!
Elaine Mueller October 03, 2025
Pat and Rick’s friend Melbourne , Florida
My deepest sympathy to your family. I love your family Pat and Rick. You were loved and will be missed. Prayers for Mike’s kids.
Irene Davis October 03, 2025
Friend Shreveport , Louisiana
I am so sorry to hear of Michael’s passing. His momma and I have been friends since 1973. My heart breaks, knowing the pain his family is going through right now. I’m lifting all of them up in my prayers. And what a legacy Michael has left with his generosity donating his organs. Not only did he lead a wonderful Life, but in his death, he blessed so many other families in need. Michael will live on in the bodies of his recipients, and always in the hearts of his loved ones.
Jesse Crossley October 03, 2025
Friend San Diego , California
Mike and I got to grow up together not once, but twice living next door to each other. We became fast friends after he was "fixing" the fence by poking out knotholes with a screwdriver (alternative uses of tools became a theme, as we used Jim's good chisels to excavate and remove excess chunks of foundation concrete we spotted around his house). After Mike and his family moved to Highland Place, my parents bought and built on the lot across the street from their new house, and that's really where we started skating, building ramps, discovering all the banks and transitions and curbs within a skate-able radius and then beyond when we got our driver's licenses. Mike and I were never at the same school, I rode the bus to Hamilton Park in elementary and then went on to RJHS and RHS while Mike stayed with the Jess Harben path to Liberty JHS and Berkner. It always seemed natural to have a best friend from the neighborhood to hang out with all the time, and so we did, having endless amounts of fun with a modicum of trouble mixed in to keep things interesting. College and post-college took me elsewhere, and I was always in awe when we'd meet up again to see the man that Mike had become. It didn't happen enough, but it was always great to catch up and laugh and hear what kinds of things he would think about. It's impossible to think that another meeting isn't just around the corner and that it won't happen in this world again, so here's hoping we get to be best friends next time around, too.
JAMES REYES October 03, 2025
RIA San MARCOS, CA, USA , California
PAT & RICK, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW MICHAEL, THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE LOSS TO YOU AND HIS FAMILY. I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR OF MICHAEL'S PASSING. .