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.

Leta Boswell

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Julie Weise

Julie Weise

Dec 21, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Amarillo, with Msgr. Joseph Tash officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Julie Lynn Weise was born on February 13, 1981 in Amarillo to Gary and Brenda Dietz Barrett. She was a lifetime resident of Canyon and graduated from Canyon High School...

Lupe Garcia

Lupe Garcia

Dec 15, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, December 19, 2003 at Holy Name of Jesus Chatholic Church in Happy with Monsignor Stortz, pastor, officiating. Rosary will be at 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 18 at Happy"s Memorial Chapel with Deacon Amos Perez officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Mr. Garcia was born on December 12, 1927 in Sodville,...

Mary Todd

Mary Todd

Dec 15, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Mescalero Baptist Church with Kevin Oakley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at 3:00 PM Thursday in Stratford Cemetery, Stratford, Texas. Mrs. Todd will lie in state at N. S. Griggs & Sons in Amarillo. Mary Catherine Williams Coffman Todd was born on a farm near Bushland on December...

Herbert Kuhlman

Herbert Kuhlman

Dec 13, 2003

Services will be at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Paramount Terrace Christian Church in Amarillo, with Mike Kuhlman and Rev. Scott Greer officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Herbert was born in 1922 on the same spread in Randall County where he still lived. He married Jeannie Steinke in Amarillo on June...

Gene Woodman

Gene Woodman

Dec 13, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Arden Road Baptist Church, with Rev. Dale Bigham, pastor, and Rev. Richard McDole, of Madison, Wisconsin, officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:00 PM Tuesday in Gould Cemetery, Gould, Oklahoma. The family will receive friends at 3:00 PM in the fellowship hall of Gould Methodist Church. Gene was...

Sylvia Reed

Sylvia Reed

Dec 10, 2003

Services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mrs. Reed was born on July 20, 1911 in Ellis County, Texas to Jesse and Lucy Warrick Cunningham. She married Rev. O. N. Reed at Tahoka on August 26, 1939....

O. Parker

O. Parker

Dec 7, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Clark Williams and Rev. Donna Johnston officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Mr. Parker was born in Lamoni, Iowa, in 1909 to Bessie and O.W. Parker, Sr. He had two brothers and one sister. After moving to Independence, Missouri he...

Jim Flitner

Jim Flitner

Dec 6, 2003

Services will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 11, 2003 at Brooks Chapel with Mike Kuhlman and Ray Perryman officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Canyon, Texas Mr. Flitner was born on November 18, 1950 in Denver, Colorado. He loved the Lord, farming, and ranching. He gave the message each Sunday at Craig Methodist Retirement Center...

Noble Brown

Noble Brown

Dec 4, 2003

Services will be at 1:00 PM. on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at Follett Chapel, Follett, Texas with Rev. Damon Deaton, pastor of Faith Community Church of Canyon, and Rev. Doc Methvin, pastor of the Congregational Church of Follett, officiating. Burial will be in Fairmont Cemetery, Follett, Texas. Mr. Brown was born on October 26, 1914 to W.R. and Cora Brown...

Lou Kirby

Lou Kirby

Nov 26, 2003

Memorial Services will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at Brooks Chapel with Lynn Money and Todd Bissett officiating. Mrs. Kirby was born in North Buena Vista, Iowa December 24, 1924 to John Engling and Bernadette Brimeyer. Meme was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Nothing pleased her more than to be surrounded by her family. At...

Ray Hawkins

Ray Hawkins

Oct 31, 2003

Graveside Services will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, November 3, 2003 at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon with Rev. Eddie Tubbs, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dumas, officiating. Mr. Hawkins was born on August 10, 1912 in Turkey, Texas to James and May Wood Hawkins. He has been a Canyon resident since 1931. He married Verda Gem Clark in...

Ermyle Cooper

Ermyle Cooper

Oct 28, 2003

Memorial services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2003 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Strauss Atkinson officiating, and Rev. David Lowrie and D. L. Harguess assisting. Ermyle Ruth was born December 8, 1917 to Judge C.E. Hill and Iva Reid Hill in Dalhart, Texas. She attended school for one year in Texline and moved to Dalhart...

Anneliese Cooper

Anneliese Cooper

Oct 25, 2003

Memorial services will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 1, 2003 at St. Ann"s Chapel, in Glencoe, New Mexico, with Father Ann Gaddy officiating. Mrs. Cooper was born on November 7, 1927 in Offenbach Main, Germany to Max and Marie Knoss Semler. She married John W. Cooper, Jr. in Germany. He preceded her in death in 1978. She lived...

Floyd Kiser

Floyd Kiser

Oct 13, 2003

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, October 17, 2003 at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon, Texas with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas. Mr. Kiser was born on October 4, 1914 in Alvord, Texas. He married Inez Drennan Harding in 1941. She preceded...

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