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.

Dorothy Oppe

Dorothy Oppe

Sep 16, 2006

Services will be 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at St. Ann"s Catholic Church with Rev. Phu Phan, officiating. There will a be a Rosary at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at Brooks Funeral Directors Chapel in Canyon. Burial will be a private interment at Dreamland Cemetery. Dorothy Rose Oppe was born on August 3, 1920 to...

Yvonne Miller

Yvonne Miller

Sep 15, 2006

Memorial service will be at 5 p.m., Monday, September 18, 2006, at Baptist St. Anthony"s Hospice Chapel, with Father Jose Mangulabnan officiating. Born December 6, 1949, Yvonne lived her life as a kind-hearted friend to all. Born as the second oldest of seven siblings, Yvonne naturally had a spontaneous, unique personality all her own. Yvonne was a graduate of Canyon...

Fabrous Keeling

Fabrous Keeling

Sep 9, 2006

Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Family will receive friends Monday, September 11, 2006 from 6:00P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Fabrous Keeling was born on January 13, 1911 to Thomas and Kate Gordon...

Clara Magness

Clara Magness

Sep 8, 2006

Services will be 2:00 P.M. on Monday, September 11, 2006 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Rev. Paul Burwash, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Happy, officiating. Burial will follow at Happy Cemetery in Happy. Clara Mae Magness was born on August 11, 1912 to William E. and Mae Wesley Guest in Happy, Texas. She graduated from Happy High...

Kimberly Haraden

Kimberly Haraden

Sep 6, 2006

Services will be 3:00 P.M. on Friday, September 9, 2006 at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Terry Meyer, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Kimberly Ann Haraden was born on May 23, 1968 to Constance and John Crossland III in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Palo Duro High School in 1986 and attended Amarillo College....

Carl Dodson

Carl Dodson

Aug 27, 2006

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Arden Road Baptist Church of Amarillo with Dale Bigham, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Carl "Nick" Clinton Dodson was born on September 24, 1932 in Duncan, Oklahoma to C.A. and Ruth Dodson. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and met his wife,...

Samuel Sluder

Samuel Sluder

Aug 24, 2006

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 31, 2006 at Wayside Church with Carl Hamilton and Marcus Bobb officiating. Burial will be in Wayside Cemetery. Samuel Wayne Sluder was born on June 6, 1922 and raised at Wayside, Texas. He was a carpenter and served in the U. S. Airforce. Survivors include one son, Robert T. Sluder, of...

Troy Martin

Troy Martin

Aug 18, 2006

Troy Franklin Martin, 82, former publisher of The Canyon News, died Friday, August 18 in Amarillo. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, August 21, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Canyon with the Rev. Dr. David Lowrie, officiating. The family will have a private interment at Dreamland Cemetery prior to the memorial service under the...

Shirlee Gilmore

Shirlee Gilmore

Aug 14, 2006

Shirlee Ray Gilmore was born September 8, 1948 to Robert Harold and Inez Powell McDuff in Grandview, Texas. She married Harvey Ross Gilmore on January 20, 1996 in Amarillo, Texas. She was a Pharmacy Technician at the Northwest Texas Hospital for 20 years. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting in her spare time. She was preceded in death by her two...

Sally Nester

Sally Nester

Jul 26, 2006

Memorial Service will be 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 5, 2006 at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, officiating. Sally Nester was born in Live Oak County on October 27, 1913. She graduated from Kingsville High School at the age of sixteen, and attended nursing school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in...

Jeane Miller

Jeane Miller

Jul 24, 2006

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. John Watson, Rector St. Peter"s Episcopal Church, officiating. Jeane graduated from Highland Park in Dallas, Texas and met her husband, Jerry Miller, at the University of North Texas. They moved to Canyon in 1963 and began their...

Sidney Burgess

Sidney Burgess

Jul 20, 2006

Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 24, 2006 at First Presbyterian Church with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, officiating. Private Interment at Dreamland Cemetery. Sidney Preston Burgess was born on September 10, 1918 to John Burgess and Sallie Crawford Burgess-Willson in Happy, Texas. He received his Bachelors of Science from West Texas State in 1939 and his...

Dedra Wilson

Dedra Wilson

Jul 15, 2006

Services will be 10: 00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at Brooks Chapel with Richard Wilson and Richard Freeman, officiating. Additional services will be 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Kress with Rev. Buddy Payne, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Snyder, officiating. Burial will follow at Kress Cemetery. Dedra Beaty Wilson was...

Billie Whitehorn

Billie Whitehorn

Jul 8, 2006

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 10, 2006 at Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hereford with Kevin Akins, evangelist, and Rev. Rick Mitchell, pastor of Third Day Fellowship Church of Lubbock, officiating. She will lie in state at Happy"s Memorial Chapel on Monday from 9:00 am to 12:00pm. Billie Whitehorn was born on March 31,...

Frankie Stocker

Frankie Stocker

Jul 3, 2006

Visitation will be from 12:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 5 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with a Rosary following at 7:00 P.M. Funeral Mass will be said at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 6, 2006 at St. Mary"s Catholic Church in Umbarger with Rev. A. Moses Kallarackal, CMI, officiating, and Deacon Bill Dorsey assisting. Burial will be in...

Joie Brown

Joie Brown

Jun 29, 2006

Graveside Services will be 10:00 A.M. on Monday, July 3, 2006 at Happy Cemetery with Rev. Paul Burwash, pastor of First Baptist Church in Happy, officiating. Joie McManigal Brown was born on July 5, 1913 to M.B. and Maggie Leucks McManigal in Randall County, Texas. She resided in Happy before moving to Tulia where she was a forty-five year resident....

Blake Hefley

Blake Hefley

Jun 26, 2006

Memorial Services will be 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at Brooks Funeral Chapel with Shane Nease, pastor of Living Water Christian Fellowship, officiating. Blake Overton Hefley was born on August 26, 1928 near Commerce, Texas. He graduated from Texas Tech with a bachelors degree. After college he served in the Air Force for four years in Virginia. Blake...

Clarence Adams

Clarence Adams

Jun 22, 2006

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, June 26, 2006 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Ty Jones, senior pastor, Cowboy Church and the Arena of Life, officiating. Clarence Huley Adams was born in Spur, Texas to Mavis Joy Day Adams & Deward Adams, Sr. on January 18, 1952. He graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1970 and...

Ora Tomlinson

Ora Tomlinson

Jun 18, 2006

Services will be 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday at the University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, and Bob Shepard, Elder and Bible Chair Director, officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Ora B. Tomlinson was born on April 3, 1907 to Maud Calloway Golden and Taylor Golden in Boseque County, Texas. She married Floyd Tomlinson on August 18,...

Quentin Gill

Quentin Gill

Jun 14, 2006

Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, June 16, 2006 at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor of United Methodist Church of Happy, officiating. Quentin W. Gill was born on August 9, 1919 in Miami, Texas to Henry Thomas and Eva Mae Gill. He married Sibyl Williams in Texas City, Texas on March 29, 1947. She preceded...

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