In Memory of

ANNIE

MAY

MEYER

Obituary for ANNIE MAY MEYER

Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 28 at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, approximately 6 miles east of Canyon on Texas Highway 217. Memorial services will be 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 28 at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Terry L. Meyer, pastor, officiating. Annie May Spencer Meyer was born February 1, 1921 to James West and Annie McDonald Spencer in Alvord, Texas, the eldest of four children. Mrs. Meyer moved with her family to the Texas Panhandle to what is now Borger when she was a young child. Her father was employed by Gulf Oil Corporation, but when most of the family assets were lost at the onslaught of the Great Depression, the Spencer family moved to their farm southwest of Canyon. She graduated from Canyon High School in 1938, and attended college at West Texas State Normal College as an Industrial Arts major. Before attaining her college degree, in August of 1942 she married Erwin Meyer of Canyon who was stationed at Randolph Field Air Force Base during World War II. After the war, they settled on their farm southwest of Canyon and were engaged in dry-land farming for many years. Mrs. Meyer began working for the Randall County Sheriff"s Department in 1957 as bookkeeper until her retirement in 1981. She and her husband then moved from Canyon to Lake Meredith where they spent many happy years until failing health necessitated their moving back to Canyon in 2006. A woman possessed with many talents and abilities, Annie May Meyer was an avid gardener whose lovely gardens contained many varieties of flowers, especially roses, iris, and herbs landscaped with the extensive collection of flint rock, petrified wood, and other rocks acquired from many rock-collecting trips. She was also a talented artist, woodcarver, and accomplished pianist. She and her husband loved to travel, and her life-long love of music, art, literature, and beauty is a cherished legacy to her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, J.W. Spencer, of Odessa, a sister, Helen Nunley, of Hereford, and a son-in-law, Don Ray, of Channing. Survivors include her devoted husband of 66 years, Erwin Meyer, of the home; three daughters, Janie Ray, of Channing, Nancy Mooring and husband, Jim, of Amarillo, Sarah Beth Jarrett and husband, Pat, of Canyon; son, Dr. E. Henry Meyer, Jr. and wife, Janice, of Austin; sister, Pauline Cummins, of Canyon; numerous nieces and nephews; as well as eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren who dearly loved their Grannie. The family suggests memorials be made to Hospice Care of the Southwest, 1500 S. Coulter, Suite 3, Amarillo, TX 79106, the Don Ray Memorial Art Scholarship Fund, WTAMU Foundation, WTAMU Box 60909, Canyon, TX 79016, or to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2600 4th Avenue, Canyon, TX 79015. Heartfelt thanks and gratitude are extended to the exceptional and loving caregivers of Hospice Care of the Southwest who have been a blessing to Mrs. Meyer and her family. The family will be at the home of Pat and Sarah Beth Jarrett, 2420 7th Avenue, Canyon. Please sign our online guest registry at www.brooksfuneral.com.