Obituaries

Canyon, Texas Obituaries

Obituaries act as quiet reminders of the finite nature of our lives. Yet, for those who have recently experienced the death of a family member or friend, an obituary means so much more. It is a bittersweet reminder of all we've lost, but it can also help us to remember all we enjoyed while they were alive. If you have recently lost someone you love, we hope that you will accept our condolences.

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett

May 9, 2008

Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at Fairview Cemetery in Stamford, Texas. Betty was born on May 4, 1921 in Leonard, North Dakota to Charles and Nellie Browne Roberts. She later moved to Audubon, Minnesota, where she graduated from high school. Betty worked in the shipyards in Oregon as a welder, where she met Ford Garrett....

Sharon Bushong

Sharon Bushong

May 8, 2008

Celebration of life services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church in Canyon with Rev. John McClean, pastor, and Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor, officiating. Sharon Lee Bushong was born April 11, 1939 in Geddes, South Dakota to Lloyd and Eleanor Leach Jenkins. Sharon was a lab technician at the Canyon Clinic for...

Joann Weavers

Joann Weavers

May 7, 2008

Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday May 10, 2008 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel with James Sain, retired minister, officiating. Interment will be in Happy Cemetery. Viewing will be at Happy"s Memorial Chapel, 220 W. Main, Happy, TX, Friday, May 9, 2008 from 9:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. JoAnn Weavers was born July 30, 1937 in Hereford, TX to George and...

Ray Simmons

Ray Simmons

May 2, 2008

Services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, May 5, 2008 at the University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, and Dudley McNeill, officiating. Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Ray Simmons was born on September 25, 1925 at Memphis, Texas to Isacc and Georgia Liles Simmons. Ray married Mildred Stephens on July 19, 1947 in Abilene, Texas. She preceded him in...

Imogene Crossland

Imogene Crossland

May 1, 2008

Services will be Monday, May 5, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Dr. Charles Price, Director of San Antonio Baptist Association, Jim Hancock,and Gaylord Cook officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, May 4, from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Interment is at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas. Imogene Kennedy...

Viola Abbott

Viola Abbott

Apr 29, 2008

Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 2, 2008 at Lake Tanglewood Community Church with Dr. Roger Hubbard, pastor, officiating. Private interment at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. Mrs. Abbott was born November 9, 1920 in Hansford County, Texas to Ethel and William Hale. She grew up on the family farm near Goodwell, Oklahoma, graduated from Goodwell High School, and...

Mattie Robinson

Mattie Robinson

Apr 28, 2008

Services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Davis B. Price, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Lubbock, officiating. Interment is at Dreamland Cemetery. Mattie Ruth Robinson was born September 20, 1922 to Charles and Novvie Bryant Devenport at Clarendon, TX. She married Edgar Robinson in 1940 at Canyon. He preceded her in death...

Jerome Albracht

Jerome Albracht

Apr 25, 2008

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, April 28, 2008 at St. Anthony"s Catholic Church in Hereford, Texas with Rev. John Valdez, celebrant, officiating. A reception will immediately follow the service at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Hereford. Cremation under the direction of Brooks Funeral Directors. Private Interment. Jerome "Jerry" Albracht was born June 17, 1919 in Nazareth,...

Alta Lane

Alta Lane

Apr 23, 2008

Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 26, 2008 at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon, Texas. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 25, 2008 from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Alta was born...

Martha Hester

Martha Hester

Apr 23, 2008

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. John McClean officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Martha Hester was born on October 12, 1929 in Plainview to Julius and Velma Laird Richardson. She was raised in Borger and married Charles Hester in Borger on June 5,...

Evaleen Anderson

Evaleen Anderson

Apr 22, 2008

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, April 25, 2008 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. La Von Thompson, pastor of Life of Praise Fellowship of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Amarillo. Evaleen Marie Brittain Anderson was born June 1, 1928 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to Charlie and Odell Rives Brittain. She married Raymond C. Anderson on September...

Lorene Foster

Lorene Foster

Apr 18, 2008

Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, April 21, 2008 at the United Methodist Church in Happy with Rev. Tom Stribling officiating. Mrs. Foster will not be available for viewing. Private Interment. Lorene "Memaw" Foster was born on December 26, 1935 in Armstrong County to Paul and Alma Brown Whelchel. She was raised in Claude and Armstrong...

Joe Davis

Joe Davis

Apr 3, 2008

Services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, April 7, 2008 at Brooks Chapel with Shane Nease, pastor of Living Water Christian Fellowship, officiating. Graveside services will be 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 7, 2008 at Stinnett Cemetery in Stinnett, Texas with military honors. Joe Kenneth Davis began his journey in eternity with God on April 3, 2008. He was born on April...

Reathal Hawthorne

Reathal Hawthorne

Apr 2, 2008

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Ken Varner, pastor of Westway Baptist Church of Hereford, officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 4, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery Reathal Hawthorne was born on March 11, 1916 at Petty,...

Lucy Reese

Lucy Reese

Mar 31, 2008

Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Patrick Six, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. Lucy Reese was born on June 19, 1922 in Nacogodoches, Texas to William and Novella Grigsby Moore. Survivors include two granddaughters, Shannon Lankford and husband, Roy, of Amarillo, Lisa Gartman and husband, Maurice,...

W. Hill

W. Hill

Mar 31, 2008

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Friday, April 4, 2008 at Church of Christ at the Colonies with Dick Marcear, minister, officiating. Graveside services will be conducted by Canyon City Masonic Lodge #730 at Dreamland Cemetery. W. Lowell Hill was born on October 7, 1933 in Ralph Switch to Wilbur and Florence Adcock Hill. In 1952, he graduated from Canyon...

Katie Gaulden

Katie Gaulden

Mar 30, 2008

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Happy, officiating. Viewing will be at Happy"s Memorial Chapel beginning Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. Burial will be at Happy Cemetery in Happy, Texas. Katie Mae Gaulden was born on October 4, 1916 to...

Iris Daray

Iris Daray

Mar 23, 2008

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo with Rev. Robert Field officiating. Iris Lillian Unsell was born on November 2, 1916 in Groom to Ira and Gorda Collier Unsell. She moved from Groom to Canyon to obtain a teaching certificate from West Texas State College. After graduation in 1938, she...

Tony Rusk

Tony Rusk

Mar 20, 2008

Tony Rusk was born on February 4, 1931 in Canyon to Terry and Jessie Roberson Rusk. He attended Canyon schools, West Texas Training School, West Texas State College, and Amarillo College. He married Betty Seymour on June 10, 1950 in Clovis, New Mexico. Tony worked at First Supply of Amarillo. Later he went to work at Pioneer Natural Gas Company/Energas...

Wayne Trout

Wayne Trout

Mar 18, 2008

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Patrick Six, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. Wayne Trout was born on May 17, 1925 to Everett and Verna Collins Trout in Cottle, Texas. He married Jeannine Merrick on April 5, 1955 at Tucumcari, New Mexico. He attended West...

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