Helen 'Grammers' Blake
Apr 1, 2020
Helen 'Grammers' Blake, 89, of Plainview, formerly of Canyon, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Plainview. Private graveside services will be held at Happy Cemetery in Happy, Texas. A public memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at the University Church of Christ. Helen was born on November 4, 1930 in Styx,...
Rev. Jerald Middaugh
Mar 31, 2020
Rev. Jerald Middaugh, 73, of Canyon passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Private graveside services will be held at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. Jerald was born on June 22, 1946 in Phillips, Texas to Paul and Iva Chase Middaugh. He was a graduate of Southwestern Assemblies of God University and has had his ministerial credentials with the Assemblies of...
Joan Cook
Mar 26, 2020
Joan Eileen Cook, 65, of Canyon, passed away on March 26, 2020 in Amarillo. A private interment will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2020 at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Canyon. Joan was born on June 10, 1954 to John Jensen and Icil (Murphy) Jensen in Independence, Iowa. Her primary and secondary education was completed at...
Sammie Johnson
Mar 25, 2020
Sammie Johnson, 90, of Canyon, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Private graveside services will be held at Dreamland Cemetery in Turkey, Texas with Bill Adcox officiating. Mrs. Johnson was born February 1, 1930 in Bailey County, Texas to Sam and Thelma (Kinser) Russell. She grew up on a farm near Muleshoe but her family moved to Abilene, Texas...
Robert Sherman
Mar 23, 2020
Robert Roy Sherman, age 89, passed away March 23, 2020, from natural causes. Pursuant to his wishes, a small private service was held March 27, 2020. He was born January 15, 1931, in a farmhouse near Goodwin, SD to Joseph & Ada Sherman. He attended Goodwin High School and was active in high school sports, especially boxing and basketball. He...
Amelia Irlbeck
Mar 21, 2020
Amelia Skelley Irlbeck, 81,of Canyon, passed away on March 21, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born to the late George and Catherine Skelley on August 19, 1938, in Clayton, New Mexico. She was raised on the Skelley Ranch in Cimmaron County, Oklahoma. Amelia graduated from Boise City High School and attended Panhandle State University at Goodwell, Oklahoma, and West...
Kirsten Simons
Mar 20, 2020
God had special plans for Kirsten Dale Simons. She gained her wings and went to be wrapped in the arms of Jesus on March 20, 2020. Kirsten was born September 11, 2006 to Dwayne and Melissa Simons. She loved her family, friends, animals and music. Kirsten lived her whole life in Happy, Texas where she was a seventh grader at...
Roland Haney
Mar 18, 2020
Roland Haney, 85, of Canyon, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Private graveside services will be held at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. Due to public circumstances, a memorial service will be held at a later date. Roland Haney was born in Choctaw County, Alabama on October 4, 1934 to William Lafayette and Dora Ann (Carney) Haney. His parents passed...
Laverna Bass
Mar 18, 2020
LaVerna Marlue Bass, 86, of Canyon died Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Private family graveside services will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Verna was born May 18, 1933, in Wolf Bayou, Ark., to Robert David Hester and Addie Savada Smith Hester. She was one of five children, Robert, Melvin, Alvin, Dulon and Wilma "Mickey." Her family moved from Arkansas to Arizona when...
Jerry Miller
Mar 17, 2020
Jerry Don Miller, 81, of Canyon, Texas died Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Jerry was born on February 15, 1939 to Anton and Imogene Miller, first generation German Americans. He grew up in Cego, a very small rural town in central Texas (just south of Waco). He attended Chilton High School where he was a star football player, at least as...
Mary Van Meter
Mar 14, 2020
Mary Van Meter, 88, of Happy, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Mary was born December 29, 1931 in Cheyenne Valley, Oklahoma to Roy and Annie (Stapp) Dyche. She was the youngest of 7 siblings and a graduate of Cheyenne Valley High School. On August 5, 1951, she married Estel "Bill" Van Meter in Carmen, Oklahoma. To this union,...
James "Jim" Simon
Mar 12, 2020
James "Jim" Simon, 83, of Amarillo, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, March 16, 2020 at Bell Avenue Church of Christ in Amarillo with Dean Whaley and Glen Walton officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 15, 2020 from 4:00 to...
Frances Huber
Mar 9, 2020
On Monday, March 9, 2020 in Denton, Texas, Frances White Huber, loving mother and grandmother passed away at the age of 96. Frances White Huber was born on August 25, 1923 in Happy, Texas to Ernest A. White and Merle McManigal White. She graduated from high school in Happy in 1940. Mrs. Huber attended West Texas State University and received...
Travis Strickland
Mar 7, 2020
Travis Keith Strickland, 49, passed away Saturday March 7, 2020 in Amarillo, Texas. Services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Rick Bloodworth, minister of the Church of Christ in Happy, officiating. Graveside services will follow at 3:00 P.M. at Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon, Oklahoma. Travis was born on August 24, 1970 to...
Harriett Hutchison
Feb 29, 2020
Harriett Jane Hutchison, 92, passed away on Saturday, February 29, 2020, in Amarillo. Mrs. Hutchison was born Nov 18, 1927, in Eldorado, Kansas, to Frances and Ethal Lehr. She began work at a young age as a secretary in Washington DC during World War II. After moving to Spearman in 1957 she was an office manager, and then one of...
Les Ethetton
Feb 28, 2020
Les Ethetton, 74, of Canyon, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020. Private services will be held at a later date. Les Ethetton was born on May 14, 1945 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Oliver and Ella Mae 'Sadie' (Walker) Ethetton. He married Betty Barrett in 1966 in Rising Star. Les received his Bachelor of Science in Range Management from...
Jim Mcbroom
Feb 23, 2020
Jimmy Lee McBroom, 69, of Canyon, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Sunday, February 23, 2020 in BSA Hospital. Memorial services are planned for 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, officiating. Jim was born into a family that were some of...
Fred And Kathy Allen
Feb 21, 2020
Fred and Kathy Allen, of Canyon, formerly of Las Vegas, NM passed away on Friday, February 21, 2020. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Gene Jones officiating. Fred was born on July 26, 1942 in San Angelo, TX to Fred and Rulene Foster Allen. Kathy was born on January 25,...
Aubrey Lee Mcdowell
Feb 21, 2020
Aubrey Lee McDowell, 81, of Canyon, Texas, died on Friday, February 21, 2020. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, February 24, 2020 at First Assembly of God Church in Canyon with Rev. Jerald Middaugh officiating. Burial will follow in Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at...
Dale Stahlecker
Feb 20, 2020
Dale Stahlecker died February 20, 2020 at age 57. Dale was born on January 21, 1963, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, February 28, 2020 at First United Methodist Church in Canyon. Dale lived in Amarillo in a group home by ADVO (Advocating Quality Care for Persons with Disabilities) and...
