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.
Alice Ritter
Feb 22, 2004
Graveside services will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 25 at Dreamland Cemetery with the Rev. Don Stribling, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Lamesa, officiating. Memorial services will be at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, February 25 at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with the Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor, officiating. Alice Loue Ritter was born on March...
Rose Stinson
Feb 15, 2004
Services will be at 2:00 PM Friday, February 20, 2004 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, Texas. She will be buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Rose Alice Starkey Powell Stinson, a high school speech and drama teacher and little theater play director for most of her adult life made her final curtain call on February 14, 2004 seven days after her...
Opal Sims
Feb 14, 2004
Services will be at 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 17, 2004 University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister officiating. She will be buried in Dreamland Cemetery. Opal Cross Sims was born on July 29, 1917 in Kirkland, Texas to Joe O. Cross and Linnie E. McMinn Cross. She attended high school in Kirkland, Texas and later married Luther Sims in...
Fern Thompson
Feb 9, 2004
Graveside Services will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at Wayside Cemetery in Wayside, Texas with Jeremy Thompson, grandson, officiating. Fern Thompson was born on November 27, 1926 in Briscoe County to Thomas and Cora Dunlap. She was a longtime resident of Amarillo and had recently moved to Plainview. She was a member of the Christian Church....
Billie Flesher
Feb 1, 2004
Services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February, 4, 2004 at the First Christian Church, with Rev. Debra Huffman and Rev. Marvin James officiating. She will be buried in Dreamland Cemetery. Billie Bee Flesher was born on September 10, 1919 in Canyon to the pioneer family of Charles and Avis Flesher. She graduated from Canyon High School and was...
Joan Frost
Feb 1, 2004
Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at the Holy Name Catholic Church of Happy with Msgr. Harold Waldo, pastor, officiating. Rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service at the Community Center in Happy. She will be buried in Happy...
Adell Clapp
Jan 25, 2004
Services will be at 1:00 on Wednesday, January, 28, 2004 at Gray Funeral Home Chapel in Frederick, OK. Visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to the service. She will be buried in Frederick Memorial Cemetery, Frederick, OK. Adell Johnson was born on May 31, 1909, to P.A. and Lois Johnson. She married Charles L. Clapp in...
Shirley Byers
Jan 19, 2004
Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, January 23, 2004 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. William Johnson, Jr., officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Byers was born on January 12, 1942 in Gonzales, Texas to Otis Seay and Alma Lightard. She attended high school in Luling, Texas and later married Willie Byers in Lorenzo, Texas in 1963....
Bertha Ferguson
Jan 19, 2004
Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 22, 2004 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Rev. Paul Dunn, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Bertha Ferguson was born on January 18, 1919 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to John and Lillian Swick Robertson. She worked at Irwin Greenhouse until her retirement in 1986,...
Bonnie Dillin
Jan 15, 2004
Services will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 19, 2004 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev.Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Mrs. Dillin was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 3, 1936 to Domonic and Linnie Lukowski. When Bonnie was six years old they moved to Maxwell, Nebraska where they leased a farm and...
Edna Dillard
Jan 9, 2004
Services will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor of First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Dillard was born on November 1, 1909 in Memphis, Hall County, Texas to Conrad and Nellie George Gerlach. She graduated from Memphis High School and...
Loretta Dorris
Jan 8, 2004
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, January 12, 2004 at the Church of Christ in Happy with Rick Bloodworth, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Mrs. Dorris was born on May 19, 1910 in Iowa Park, Texas to Benton and Edith Fields. She and Frank moved to the Panhandle from Iowa Park in the late 1930"s...
Jack Hamil
Jan 5, 2004
Memorial Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 9, 2004 at the First Presbyterian Church of Amarillo with The Rev. Dr. Don McDonald, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon, officiating. Mr. Hamil was born on October 14, 1941 in Sterling, Colorado to Dave and Genevieve Hamil. He earned a BS in Animal Husbandry in 1964 from...
Leavena Davis
Jan 4, 2004
Services will be held Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 10:00 AM at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, with Chaplin Keith Boutwell, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Davis was born March 24, 1922 in Chillicothe, Texas to T. M. Thurmon and Trudy Bond Thurmon. She attended Plainview Schools until her senior year before graduating from Littlefield High School. She...
Leta Boswell
Jan 4, 2004
Leta Jane Norvell Boswell was born June 28, 1916, to John and Ealon Norvell in Stratford, Texas. She attended Mary Hardin Baylor University (then college) and Baylor Medical School and interned at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Since her retirement she had lived at Palo Duro Village in Canyon. Dr. Boswell left this life on January 4, 2004 at the age...
Othella Mcgehee
Jan 4, 2004
Services will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday, January 8, 2004 at the United Methodist Church of Wayside. Burial will be in Wayside Cemetery. Mrs. McGehee was born on October 18, 1909 in Appleton, Arkansas. She moved to Texas in 1923 and graduated from Tulia High School. She attended West Texas State College and taught school for nine years. She...
Wilbur Leavitt
Dec 29, 2003
Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 2, 2004 at the University Church of Christ in Canyon, with Bob Shepard, Elder and Bible Chair Director, and David Lough, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Leavitt was born on July 24, 1918 in Randall County to James and Josephine Johnson Leavitt. He was a lifetime resident...
Gladys Lundy
Dec 24, 2003
Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM on Friday December 26, 2003 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Donna Johnston, associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Gladys was born at Yanush, OK to Andrew and Annebell Hamby February 16, 1917. She was preceded in death by her husband LeRoy Lundy in 1978. She lived in Amarillo...
Gaylord Stroup
Dec 23, 2003
Services will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2003 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, Texas with Rev. Nathan Bond officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Stroup was born on October 24, 1944 in Canyon, Texas to Bryant and Audrey Vandergriff Stroup. He lost the battle with cancer and passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at his...
Pearl Putnam
Dec 21, 2003
Memorial Services will be at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday at Dalhart Memorial Park Cemetery in Dalhart, Texas with Dr. Richard Bales, Big Spring District Supervisor, officiating. Mrs. Putnam was born on September 9, 1911...
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