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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.
Rebecca Arnold
Apr 25, 2020
Rebecca Arnold, 64, of Amarillo passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Her family will hold a memorial gathering in their home on Sunday, May 3, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM to celebrate and honor her life, her love, and her memory. Rebecca was born on February 18, 1956 in Torrance, California to George and Betty Dewey. She...
Guyle Corley
Apr 21, 2020
Guyle Corley, 57, of Canyon passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Private graveside services will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at Dreamland Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Guyle was born on October 23, 1962 in Morton Texas to Dave and Frances Wright Corley. He was a 1981 graduate of Canyon High...
Emma Jean Mcgill
Apr 19, 2020
Emma Jean McGill, 68, of Canyon, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020. She was born on July 2, 1951 in Amarillo to Byron and Lucille Powell Haile. Emma Jean graduated from Amarillo High School in 1970 and received her Associate's degree in Interior Decorating from Texas State Technical Institute in Amarillo. She married Amel McGill in Elko, Nevada on...
Darren Kent Jones
Apr 14, 2020
Darren Kent Jones, age 52, died April 14, 2020 at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, TX. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Friday, July 24, 2020 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. A memorial service will take place at 2:00 PM Saturday, July 25, 2020 at University Church of Christ in Canyon TX. He was born...
Rosie Vetter
Apr 14, 2020
Rosie Vetter, 78, of Amarillo, formerly of Canyon, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Private Graveside services will be held on Friday, April 17, 2020 at Dreamland Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Rosie was born on August 29, 1941 in Childress to George and Velma Wesley Eudey. She graduated from Amarillo High School in...
Marie Wieck
Apr 14, 2020
Marie Wieck, 76, of Canyon passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Private family mass will be held on Friday, April 17, 2020 followed by a private burial in Dreamland Cemetery. Marie was born on August 1, 1943 in Amarillo to Ben and Helen Schuele Koch. She was a 1961 graduate of Umbarger High School and married Fred Wieck at...
Opal Dean 'Jackson' Mccarley
Apr 10, 2020
Opal McCarley, 90, of Happy passed away on April 10, 2020. Private graveside services will be Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at Happy Cemetery. Opal was born on December 11, 1929 to Samuel Patrick and Pearl Odell Jackson in Coryell County, Texas. She married A.J. McCarley in 1955 in Vigo Park, Texas. She lived in Happy until 2015. Opal was a...
Ruby Marceline Tharp
Apr 5, 2020
Ruby Marceline Tharp, 91, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Canyon, Texas. Private graveside services and burial will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon with Associate Pastor, Dale Moreland, officiating. Ruby was born June 22, 1928 in Dallam County, Texas to Elmer William and Viola Nellie Ehart Heiskell. Ruby met...
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...
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