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.

Kathy Lester

Kathy Lester

Oct 18, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, October 21, 2005 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. David Crump, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Kathy Lester was born on June 24, 1949 in Taft, California to Harold and Willie Gipson Lindsey. She graduated from Canyon High School and married James Lester in Amarillo in...

Sherry Youngblood

Sherry Youngblood

Oct 18, 2005

Services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, October 21, 2005 at Mescalero Baptist Church with Rev. Kevin Oakley, pastor, David Malone, and Rev. Roy Almaroad. Burial will be in Browning Cemetery in New Mexico. Sherry Youngblood was director of the Hi-Plains Day Care Services and a member of Mescalero Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, John Youngblood, of Amarillo;...

Bill Whitlow

Bill Whitlow

Oct 5, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 8, 2005 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Dr. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery, Happy, Texas. Bill Whitlow was born on June 19, 1951 in Amarillo to Dale and Fredda Magness Whitlow. He was raised in Happy and graduated from...

Grace Boyd

Grace Boyd

Oct 4, 2005

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 6, 2005 at St. Ann"s Catholic Church of Canyon, with Rev. John Dalton, pastor of St. Francis Catholic Church of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Grace Beckman Boyd was born on January 24, 1912 in Umbarger, Texas to Joseph and Sophrona Eichost Beckman. She graduated from Umbarger High...

Elsie Peckham

Elsie Peckham

Sep 24, 2005

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, September 26, 2005 at Plainview Memorial Park Cemetery, Plainview, Texas. Elsie Maye Anderson Peckham was born on May 5, 1918 in Celeste, Texas to Lester and Martha Anderson. The family farmed in Duke, Oklahoma and Lockney, Texas. She graduated from Lockney High School when she was 14 years old. After graduation...

Carolyn Kite

Carolyn Kite

Sep 22, 2005

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Brooks Chapel with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday at Wheeler Cemetery in Wheeler, Texas with Rev. Johnny Crawford, pastor of Briscoe Community Church, officiating. Carolyn Bonnette Kite was born on January 25, 1940 in...

Athealee Mckillip

Athealee Mckillip

Sep 22, 2005

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at San Jacinto Church of Christ in Amarillo with Glen Walton, retired Church of Christ minister, officiating. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Monday, September 26 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Athealee McKillip was born on April...

David Graham

David Graham

Sep 20, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, September 23, 2005 at Brooks Chapel with Pastor Shane Nease, pastor of Living Water Christian Fellowship Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. David was the son of Charles and Lillian Graham of Canyon, Texas. He graduated from Canyon High School and received a degree in Theater Arts from West Texas...

Mary Grabber

Mary Grabber

Sep 18, 2005

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at St. Mary"s Catholic Church in Umbarger with Rev. Scott Raef officiating. Rosary will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in St. Mary"s Catholic Cemetery, Umbarger, Texas. Mary L. Grabber was born on February 3, 1926 in St. Florian,...

Lee Griffin

Lee Griffin

Sep 15, 2005

Memorial services will be at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at the Christian Heritage Church of Amarillo with Rev. Gary Burd officiating. Lee Griffin was born on August 11, 1955 in Canyon, Texas to Billy Ray and Clara Sue Hardaway Griffin. He was a lifetime resident of Canyon and graduated from Canyon High School. He married Mary Herring...

Claude Phillips

Claude Phillips

Sep 8, 2005

Graveside services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at Memory Gardens Mausoleum with Rev. Harold Harrison officiating. Claude Phillips was born on June 13, 1926 in Winters, Texas to Claude and Winnie Townsend Phillips. He married Francis Louise Spillers at Strawn, Texas on September 3, 1949. She preceded him in death on March 5, 2005. He...

Dennis Cook

Dennis Cook

Sep 5, 2005

A family visitation will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2005 from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. at 6002 Adirondack in Amarillo. Interment will be in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Dennis Cook, 53, of Amarillo died Monday, September 5, 2005 in Lubbock. He was born May 17, 1952, in Amarillo to V.B. and Mary Jo Cook. He attended Palo Duro High...

Don Price

Don Price

Sep 5, 2005

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 8, 2005 at Plum Creek Fellowship Church in Amarillo with Randall Ator, senior pastor, and Rev. Perry Hunsaker, associate pastor of St. Paul"s United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Boys Ranch Cemetery. There will be a visitation on Wednesday, September 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel...

Ethel Veal

Ethel Veal

Aug 31, 2005

Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 3, 2005 at Coulter Road Baptist Church of Amarillo with Rev. Ron Whitt, senior pastor, officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 3:00 P.M. Saturday at the Childress Cemetery in Childress, Texas with Kerry Woods of the First Baptist Church officiating. Ethel was born July 24, 1918 in Red River...

Connie Smyrl

Connie Smyrl

Aug 30, 2005

Memorial Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr. officiating. Private interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Connie Charlene Smyrl was born on October 24, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama to Gene and Mae Nell Best Penn. She graduated from Palo Duro High School and Amarillo College. She...

Fred Mckinin

Fred Mckinin

Aug 28, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Kevin Deckard, pastor of Westover Fellowship Church of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Fred McKinin was born on March 16, 1964 to the late Dorothy A. McKinin and Frederick M. McKinin of St. Louis, Michigan. On...

Mary Cornette

Mary Cornette

Aug 24, 2005

A private interment will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2005 at Dreamland Cemetery with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr. pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. The family will receive friends at Brooks Chapel from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Saturday, August 27. Mary Elizabeth Cornette was born September 9, 1909 in Logan County, Kentucky, to John Henry and Hallie (Brister)...

Randy Smith

Randy Smith

Aug 18, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr. and Jason Atchley officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Randy Smith was born on July 10, 1958 in Kingsville, Texas to Robert and Juanita Durivage Smith. He graduated from Aransas High School in 1976 and then...

Haskell Moore

Haskell Moore

Aug 14, 2005

There will be a visitation at Brooks Chapel in Canyon on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, August 19, 2005 at Seaside Chapel in Corpus Christi. There will also be a visitation in Corpus Christi on Thursday, August 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Seaside Chapel. Burial will...

Jane Forsyth

Jane Forsyth

Aug 11, 2005

The burial will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Jane Forsyth, formerly of Happy, Texas, passed quietly from this life on August 11, 2005. She was living in Denver, Colorado, at the time of her death. Born in Ira, Texas, in 1920, she was one of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Falls. Jane met and later married Ross Forsyth...

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