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.

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...

Maddox Cotter

Maddox Cotter

Jun 13, 2006

Services will be 10:00 A.M. on Monday, June 19, 2006 at Brooks Chapel with Shane Nease, pastor of Living Water Christian Fellowship, officiating.Private burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Survivors include; their parents, Cheryn Annette and Toby Wayne Cotter of Canyon; grandparents,Kevin and Linda Cotter of Canyon, and Floyd and Darlene Tiffin of Plainview; great grandparents Dorothy...

Sherry Mcdowell

Sherry Mcdowell

Jun 7, 2006

Services will be 2:00 P.M. on Friday, June 9, 2006 at the First Assembly of God Church with Rev. Terry Callis, pastor, and Rev. Billy Nickell, pastor of First Assembly of God Church in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Sherry Hendricks McDowell was born April 16, 1936, in Hardeman County, Texas, to Lewis and Lettie Leonard Hendricks....

J. Davis

J. Davis

Jun 4, 2006

Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Gordon Cox, pastor of The Summit, officiating. J. Scott Davis was born on February 1, 1935 in Higgins, Texas to James L. and Alleyne Scott Davis. He graduated from Higgins High School and West Texas State College in Canyon. Scott married Opal Thompson in...

Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson

May 21, 2006

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Brooks Chapel with Bob Shepard, Elder and Bible Chair Director, University Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Lorraine Johnson was born on October 26, 1921 in Rotan, Texas to Samuel and Nellie Pullen Marr. She married Craig Johnson at Lubbock on November 18, 1941 and...

Oneta Newton

Oneta Newton

May 16, 2006

Services will be 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in Canyon with Dr. David Lowrie, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Oneta Fern Newton was born on January 16, 1922 in Russell, Oklahoma to Thomas Ira and Louisa Maude Greene Hollis. She graduated with honors from Muleshoe Highschool and attended West Texas...

Velma Mye

Velma Mye

May 15, 2006

Graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon with Rev. Charles Broadhurst, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Velma Lee Reynolds Mye was born April 13, 1907, near Tioga in Grayson County, Texas, to Jacob Howard Reynolds and Daisy Ann Scoggins Reynolds. She died at 6:00 A.M. Monday, May 15, 2006, in Glen Rose,...

Edna Hoggins

Edna Hoggins

May 9, 2006

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at Brooks Chapel with Doyle Corder, minister, Southwest Church of Christ in Amarillo, officiating. Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. on Saturday at Lockney Cemetery, Lockney, Texas. Edna May Corder Hoggins was born on March 11, 1917 in Lockney, Texas to J. T. (Tollie) and Sarah Nall Corder. Her...

Oliver Diggs

Oliver Diggs

May 7, 2006

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at First Baptist Church, Canyon, Texas, with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr. officiating. Burial will be at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo. Family will recieve friends for a Visitation from 6:00-8:00P.M. on Monday, May 8, 2006 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Oliver was born February 22, 1915, in Wolfe City, Hunt...

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