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.

Roosevelt Sullivan

Roosevelt Sullivan

Apr 1, 2019

Roosevelt Sullivan, 72, of Canyon passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019. Services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 5, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Roosevelt Sullivan, the first...

Delbert Davis

Delbert Davis

Mar 29, 2019

Delbert Davis, 94, of Canyon, Texas passed away on March 29th.  Delbert was born in New Albany, Indiana on November 28, 1924.  A gathering of friends, to greet the family, is scheduled at Brooks Funeral Home on Sunday March 31 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  A graveside service is scheduled Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Dreamland cemetery.  After graduating...

Vicki Funk

Vicki Funk

Mar 29, 2019

Vicki Ann Funk, 75, of Amarillo passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019.  Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Canyon with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of First United Methodist Church, and Ted DiBiase officiating.  Dr. Roger Hubbard will be officiating the private graveside service.  The family will...

Bill Head

Bill Head

Mar 29, 2019

Bill Head, 85, of Canyon passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019.  Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Brooks Chapel.  Burial will follow in Dreamland Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Brooks Chapel. Bill was born June 21, 1933 in Delhi, Oklahoma. He...

Larry Hicks

Larry Hicks

Mar 28, 2019

Larry Bob Hicks, 79, of Canyon, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019.  Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, April 1, 2019 at Brooks Chapel with Shane Nease, pastor of Living Water Christian Fellowship, officiating.  Burial will follow in Dreamland Cemetery. Larry was born August 29, 1939, in Tyler, Texas to Berttram and Bobbie Pruitt Hicks. As a...

Jeannetta Craven

Jeannetta Craven

Mar 27, 2019

Jeannetta Darlene Craven, 90, a long-time resident of Amarillo, passed away on March 27, 2019. Services will be 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Brooks Chapel. Jeannetta was born on January 29, 1929 in Abernathy, Texas to Bernyce and Ostell Smith. She was married for 70 years to her loving husband, L.C. He passed away on August 30,...

Darral Watson

Darral Watson

Mar 26, 2019

Darral Watson, 78, of Wayside passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Wayside Cemetery with Byron Williamson and Archie Echols, officiating. Darral was born on January 13, 1941 in Amarillo to Guy and Aline McGehee Watson. He married Linda Gail Tyree on June 25, 1959. She preceded...

Gary Phillips

Gary Phillips

Mar 25, 2019

Gary E. Phillips, 59, of Canyon passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019.  The family will hold a memorial service at a later date.  Gary was born on June 11, 1959 in Potter County to Weldon and Judith Woodman Phillips.  He graduated from Canyon High School in 1978 and was a truck driver for the last 21 years.  Gary enjoyed...

Delpha Gard

Delpha Gard

Mar 23, 2019

Delpha Elizabeth Gaume Gard, 96, of Canyon went home to the Lord on Saturday, March 23, in Canyon. A funeral vigil for Delpha will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Brooks Chapel. Her funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Father Robert A. Busch, Ph.D. presiding. Burial will follow at Memory...

Mary Hoover

Mary Hoover

Mar 20, 2019

Mary Hoover, 97, went to be with her family in Heaven on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Canyon, Texas Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Brooks Chapel. Mary's niece, Royce Daugherty and husband, Gayland of Abilene will officiate. Mary was born August 17, 1921 in Denver, Colorado to John H. and Ethel Hoyt. She was...

Betty Cooper

Betty Cooper

Mar 18, 2019

Betty Ruth Cooper (Mariner) was born on October 13, 1937 to J.H. & Velma Mariner in Canyon Texas. On March 18, 2019 in Overland Park Kansas, Betty went home to be with the Lord.  She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Ralph, two children David, & Donna and 3 grandchildren. She is survived by her brother, Jerry Mariner,...

E. Hail

E. Hail

Mar 18, 2019

Judge E. Jay Hail, 74, of Canyon passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019.  Services will be at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 22, 2019 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Dr. David Lowrie, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur and Rev. Steve Olsen, pastor, officiating.  Burial will follow in Dreamland Cemetery.  The family will receive...

J. Bright

J. Bright

Mar 13, 2019

J. Keith Bright, 88, of Canyon passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Pastor Billy Paul Vinson, from Canadian River Cowboy Church in Borger officiating. Keith was born on June 7, 1930 in Roger Mills County, OK to Verna and Ira Bright. He...

Bobby Byrd

Bobby Byrd

Mar 13, 2019

Bobby Lee Byrd, 82, of Canyon, TX passed away on March 13, 2019. Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Claude United Methodist Church in Claude, TX with Rev. George Price officiating. Graveside services will follow at the Claude Cemetery. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon. The family will receive visitors on...

Bulah Landry

Bulah Landry

Mar 8, 2019

Bulah Price Landry, 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 8, 2019. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Journey Church, 9711 FM 2186, Amarillo, TX 79119 with Pastor Sheldon DeVries and Pastor Roger Arnold, officiating. Burial will follow at Llano Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Monday, March 11 from...

Gwynnith Burchett

Gwynnith Burchett

Mar 6, 2019

Gwynnith Delaine Burchett, 75 of Lubbock passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 11, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Canyon with Pastor John Elser, officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 10 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors. Gwynn...

Peggy Guthrie

Peggy Guthrie

Mar 2, 2019

Peggy Jeanne Harris Guthrie, 72, of Happy, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2019 in Amarillo.  Memorial services will be 3:00 P.M. Friday, March 8, 2019 in Happy's Memorial Chapel with Kevin Hudson, officiating. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon and Happy. Peggy was born on February 22, 1947 in Amarillo to Fred W. and Imogene Wilmoth Harris. ...

Ronald Thomason

Ronald Thomason

Feb 21, 2019

Ronald Carroll Thomason, long-time Canyon resident, passed from this world into the arms of God on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the age of 78 in Austin, Texas. A celebration of his life will be held at University Church of Christ in Canyon on March 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. with David Lough and Bob Shepard officiating.  Interment will follow...

Nunzio Cogliandro

Nunzio Cogliandro

Feb 20, 2019

Nunzio J. Cogliandro, Jr., 68, of Canyon passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in Amarillo.  Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, February 25, 2019 at Dreamland Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Brooks Chapel from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Nunzio was born on July 15, 1950 in Japan to Nunzio...

Lois King

Lois King

Feb 19, 2019

Lois Palma McKee King, 82, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, February 19.  Lois was born in Randall County, Canyon, Texas, on September 3, 1936, to Jewell A. Porter McKee and Louis Palma McKee. Visitation for Mrs. King will be at Brooks Funeral Directors in Canyon on Sunday, February 24, 2019, from 6:00 - 7:00...

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