Obituary for Paul Wayne Canady
March 20, 1953 – April 2, 2025

With sadness in our hearts the family of Paul Wayne Canady announce his passing on April 2, 2025. Paul was born in Tarrytown, NY (now Sleepy Hollow) on March 20, 1953, to Arthur Elmo Canady and Eleanor Mowatt Canady, who preceded him in death. His brother, Virgil Canady also preceded him in death.

We know of no one, family, co-worker or friend, who did not consider him a fair, funny and family-oriented man. From the time he first moved to Marco Island at the age of 13 with his family, to high school where his wife, Debbie Williams Canady, first met him, and through the almost 55 years of their marriage, it was a blessed life. Paul and Debbie have two daughters, Ronni (John) Connelly and Caryn (J.D.) Hamilton. Their daughters blessed them with 5 grandchildren, Justin, James, Cady, Shelby and Dominick. The blessings kept growing into 12 great grandchildren at the time of this writing. Paul had a 30+ year law enforcement career. The outpouring of comments, condolences and reminiscing of his Collier County Sheriff's Office and DEA coworkers has been nothing but amazing. We wish he had written a book about those days. Sheriff Don Hunter said it best when describing him as having a "keen wit, integrity, intelligence and insight that CCSO relied upon".

Paul's love of golf led him to his second career as a PGA golfer on the Sunbelt Senior Tour, winning one tournament. He enjoyed sharing the game of golf and golf club building with his grandchildren. Paul's passion for 'The Irish' was inspired by his dad, who was born and raised in Indiana. He shared that enthusiasm and excitement with family and friends while spending time with them at many Notre Dame games.

Services will be announced at a later date.

Comments and condolences may be left on the Hampton Funeral Home website www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.