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.

Gloria Crump

Gloria Crump

Nov 2, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr., pastor, and Bob Schickedanz, associate pastor of Glenview Baptist Church of Ft. Worth, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Gloria Crump was born on September 11, 1926 in Swisher County to Lawrence and Iris Hollabaugh Avent. She was...

Doris Dobbs

Doris Dobbs

Nov 2, 2005

Graveside Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, November 4, 2005 at Dreamland Cemetery with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon, officiating. Doris Dobbs was born on June 4, 1924 in Mason, Texas to John Alva and Jessie Gamel Lindsay. She married L. R. Dobbs at Lamesa in 1946. They lived in...

Pauline Albracht

Pauline Albracht

Oct 26, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, October 31, 2005 at St. Ann"s Catholic Church of Canyon with Rev. Scott Raef, pastor of the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit of Tulia, officiating. A prayer service will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 30 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Pauline Parker Albracht...

Faye Hendrickson

Faye Hendrickson

Oct 23, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 27, 2005 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. David Lowrie, Jr., officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Faye Hendrickson was born on May 9, 1926 in Childress, Texas to Oran and Ola Mae Mitchell Crowell. They moved to Bovina and she graduated from Bovina High School in 1944. She...

James Parker

James Parker

Oct 22, 2005

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Dr. John Githiga, pastor of Lyprien International Church, officiating. Mr. Parker was born on July 22, 1937 in Tulia, Texas. He was a farmer, rancher and a pioneer in the feedlot industry in the panhandle of Texas. He...

Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley

Oct 18, 2005

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday Oct. 21, 2005 at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Rev. Max Beggs, pastor of Family Worship Center of Amarillo and Rev. Paul Burwash, pastor of First Baptist Church of Happy, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday, October 20, 2005 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel....

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...

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