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.

Zelma Wright

Zelma Wright

Dec 28, 2004

Services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, December 31, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Rev. Paul Burwash, pastor, officiating. She will lie in state at Happy"s Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery, Happy, Texas. Zelma Lonas Fortenberry Wright was born on August 3, 1914 in Leo, Texas to Oliver and Callie Fortenberry. She...

Andrew Lindemann

Andrew Lindemann

Dec 20, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at St. Mary"s Catholic Church in Umbarger with Father Pat Carathers officiating. Prayer Service will be at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 21 at Brooks Chapel with Father Jim Hutzler and Rev. Jim Brown officiating. Burial will be in Umbarger Cemetery, Umbarger, Texas. A Memorial Mass will be held...

Blanche Nesteby

Blanche Nesteby

Dec 20, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Blanche Nesteby was born on November 25, 1924 in Roosevelt, Oklahoma to Ernest and Mary Hudson Godfrey. She graduated from Roosevelt High School. She married Ernest Nesteby at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma in 1955. She was a member of the...

Evelyn Lumry

Evelyn Lumry

Dec 19, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday, December 21 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Evelyn Bamson Lumry, 91, passed away...

Joe Dickerson

Joe Dickerson

Dec 18, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Clark Williams, pastor, Rev. Donna Johnston associate pastor, and Rev. Rusty Dickerson pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Joe Dickerson was born December 13, 1936 to William and Nell...

Luan Henson

Luan Henson

Dec 15, 2004

Services will be at 3:00 PM on Friday Dec. 17, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor, Dr. Strauss Atkinson pastor emeritus and Walt and Wes Henson, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Luan Henson was born March 19, 1963 to Nolon and Bobby Henson in Randall County. She is one of three...

Tommy Marsh

Tommy Marsh

Oct 31, 2004

Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, November 5, 2004 at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with the Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Mountain Park Cemetery in Saint Jo on Wednesday, November 3, 2004. Tommy Hiliary Marsh died October 31, 2004 in Amarillo. He was born to Hiliary and Lyda Marsh on...

Louise Hunt

Louise Hunt

Oct 31, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. Gayle Bowen officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Effie Louise Redding was born on April 19, 1919 to Louis and Lilly Mae Hatchell Redding in Oil Parish of Caddo, Oil City, Louisiana. She went to be with the...

Robert Loven

Robert Loven

Oct 30, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Frank Norred officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Robert Loven was born on April 16, 1932 in Childress to William and Willie Bell Loven. He married Dorothy Juanita Riley at McKinney, Texas on August 11, 1953. He was a veteran of the U....

Merlin Calloway

Merlin Calloway

Oct 29, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, November 1, 2004 at the University Church of Christ with Brent Adams, David Lough, and Bob Shepard, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Merlin Calloway was born on February 24,1918 in White Oak, Texas to Roy and Fannie Lee Callaway. He married Mary Beth Trussell on November 4, 1937 in...

Jess Brewer

Jess Brewer

Oct 27, 2004

Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at Memory Gardens Cemetery Mausoleum with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Jess Walter Brewer was born on May 30, 1920 in Cederdale, Oklahoma to Solan and Laura Choate Brewer. He attended VA Agriculture College and married Naoma Howeth in Fairview,...

Stanley Collins

Stanley Collins

Oct 7, 2004

Graveside Services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 9, 2004 at Dreamland Cemetery with Pastor Eddy Mardis, associate pastor of Cowboy Church, officiating. Stanley Collins was born on March 21, 1945 in Tulia, Texas to Odie and Elsie Meyer Collins. He attended school in Happy, Texas and was a member of Lutheran Church in Tulia. He was a...

Glenn Wheatley

Glenn Wheatley

Sep 27, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at Brooks Chapel with Bill Holt officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Wheatley was born on March 25, 1917 in Waxahachie, Texas to Boe and Ida Boren Wheatley. He married Ardalia Wells on July 2, 1938 in Posey, Texas. He was a long time farmer in Lynn...

Robena Davis

Robena Davis

Sep 22, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. Jackie Riles, pastor of Greater Love Temple in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Mrs. Davis was born on March 19, 1958 in Floydada, Texas to William and Lily Mae Johnson, Jr. She moved to Canyon...

Preston Prichard

Preston Prichard

Sep 2, 2004

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, September 6, 2004 at Paramount Terrace Christian Church of Amarillo with Rev. Scott Greer, pastor, officiating. Private Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Prichard was born on September 14, 1922 in Canyon to Emmett and Cleo Prichard. He graduated from Canyon High School in 1941 and married Inez...

Howard Wilkerson

Howard Wilkerson

Aug 21, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at the First Baptist Church in Canyon with Rev. David Lowrie and Rev. Gayle Bowen officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Howard C. Wilkerson was born on June 27, 1937 in Lubbock to John and Cleo Hankins Wilkerson. He served in the Army Reserves. He married Glenda Norwood...

Charles Gerald

Charles Gerald

Aug 18, 2004

Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 21, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor, officiating. Private Interment at Dreamland Cemetery. Charles Edward Gerald was born to Thomas S. Gerald and Beulah Agnes Gerald on September 25, 1922 in Gatesville, Texas. Charles was a graduate of Canyon High School, class of...

Richard Spear

Richard Spear

Aug 17, 2004

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, August 20, 2004 at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Rev. Paul Burwash, pastor, and Rev. Steve Vernon officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Richard Keith Spear was born on May 22, 1954 in Albuquerque, NM. He moved to Happy in 1960 where he and his two sisters, Nina and...

Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson

Aug 10, 2004

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 14, 2004 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Phu Phan, pastor of St. Ann"s Catholic Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson died in Canyon August 10, 2004, three days short of her 106th birthday. She was born to Mary Magdalene (Hueve) and Herman Brinkman on August 13, 1898...

Laura Bassett

Laura Bassett

Aug 8, 2004

Memorial services will be held at Kokernot Lodge, Loop Rd. Alpine, Texas on Monday, August 9, 2004 at 3:00 P.M. Funeral services will be held in the Canyon Cole Community Center at 300 16th St. in Canyon, Texas on Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 3:00 P.M. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery, two miles south of Canyon. Laura Mae Bassett...

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