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.

Carolyn Bowe

Carolyn Bowe

Nov 17, 2016

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, November 21, 2016 at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Dr. Richard Shaw, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Happy's Memorial Chapel. Viewing will be in Happy's Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Betty Carolyn Bowe was...

Ben Abbott

Ben Abbott

Nov 15, 2016

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 18 at Brooks Chapel with Jim Brown, pastor of Monterey Baptist Church, officiating. Ben was born September 16, 1934 to Morris and Izetta Rich Abbott in McLean. He married Maurine Scruggs on February 14, 1952 in Seymour. Ben was a farmer for 30 years and then spent many years working for Amarillo Independent...

Emma Hicks

Emma Hicks

Nov 14, 2016

Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Brooks Chapel. Emma Lee Hicks was born on December 12, 1948 in Canyon to Roland and Joan Hutchison Hicks. She graduated from Canyon High School in 1967 and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from West Texas State University in 1975. She worked as office...

Shirley Ingle

Shirley Ingle

Nov 12, 2016

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 14 at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor David Crump, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Shirley was born in Lubbock on December 30, 1946 to James and Margaret Grizzle Stephens. On April 2, 1965, she married Johnny Ingle at the First Baptist Church of Shallowater. Shirley was a homemaker until the kids...

Georgia Blackwell

Georgia Blackwell

Nov 10, 2016

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the First Presbyterian Church of Canyon with Rev. Andy Blair, pastor, officiating. Georgia Faye Holt Blackwell was born on December 18, 1926 in Canyon to A.B. and Ida Faye Holt. She attended schools in Canyon and graduated from Canyon High School in 1943, going on to West...

Jim Couzzourt

Jim Couzzourt

Nov 7, 2016

Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, November 10 at St. George's Episcopal Church with Annelle Cockrell, officiating. Military Honors provided by Volleys for Veterans. Private Interment. Jim was born April 5, 1940 in Rome, Georgia to Noah David and Emma Minshew Couzzourt. He graduated from West Texas State University with a Bachelors degree in Languages and a Masters degree...

Daniel Gillham

Daniel Gillham

Nov 5, 2016

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 7, 2016 at Wayside Community Church with Steven Gillham officiating. Burial will follow in Wayside Cemetery, Wayside, Texas. Daniel Verner Gillham was born on September 16, 1931 in Happy to Memory Loyse and Bonnie Hazel Adams Gillham. He married Leonie Herrera in Tulia on January 28, 2001. Daniel was a veteran...

Julie Durst

Julie Durst

Nov 5, 2016

The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 13 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 14 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Please join the family for a reception following the graveside services at First United Methodist Church,...

August Hesse

August Hesse

Oct 28, 2016

Vigil will be held at 6:00 P.M. Thursday, November 3 at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Deacon Gabe Rivas officiating. Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Friday, November 4 at St. Ann's Catholic Church with the Most Rev. Patrick J. Zurek, Bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo, and Father Robert A. Busch, Ph.D. as celebrants. Graveside services will be...

William Forester

William Forester

Oct 19, 2016

Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 22, 2016 in Triumphant Truth Church, 1701 S. Manhattan, Amarillo, with Dr. Alberta Helton, pastor, officiating. William W. Forester was born on August 31, 1935 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to William and Ellen Davis Forester. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, was a member of the Honor...

Martha Warren

Martha Warren

Oct 18, 2016

Services will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 22 at Brooks Chapel with Alan Williamson, Chaplain at Park Central Community, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday from 9:00 A.M. until the service begins. Martha was born on February 27, 1927 in Tulia to John and Florence Hammond. She received a bachelors degree in Home...

Bonnie Mcmillon

Bonnie Mcmillon

Oct 16, 2016

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 19 at Brooks Chapel. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Dreamland Cemetery with Travis Evers, pastor of Christ Family Fellowship, officiating. Mrs. McMillon was born September 10, 1948 in Sayre, Oklahoma to H.A. and Wilma Craig. She was preceded in death by...

Beth Ramsey

Beth Ramsey

Oct 5, 2016

Beth Ramsey was born on May 18, 1930 in Plainview to Stanley and Rosa Ferguson Roach. She was the younger sister to two brothers who made her tough and the fighter she was. Beth graduated from Plainview High School where she was a cheerleader. In 1951 she met Eural W. Ramsey and they dated for two weeks before eloping to...

Danny Swepston

Danny Swepston

Sep 27, 2016

Danny Allen Swepston, 68, of Canyon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. He was surrounded by his family. The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Services will be 4:00 P.M. Friday, September 30 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating....

Billie Looney

Billie Looney

Sep 21, 2016

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 24 at the University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, and Byron Brunson, officiating. Burial will follow at Happy Cemetery in Happy. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 23 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Billie Ann was born November 30, 1930 to Elmer Morgan and Hazel Bishop...

Jewel Foehser

Jewel Foehser

Sep 20, 2016

The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 22 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Washington Avenue Christian Church with Jim Shelburne, pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:00 P.M. on Friday at Lamesa Memorial Park Cemetery in Lamesa. Jewel Maurice Hinson was...

Kalee Barton

Kalee Barton

Sep 18, 2016

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Hillside West Chapel, 6100 Soncy Road in Amarillo, with Pastor Chris Condit officiating. Graveside services will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. It is with broken hearts that we announce...

William Jones

William Jones

Sep 18, 2016

Private celebration of life services will be held by the family. William Lee "Bill" Jones was born April 7, 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri to Reuben F. Jones, Jr. and Frances Krogmire Jones. After graduating from high school at 16, he moved with his family to Oklahoma City where he attended the University of Oklahoma, receiving a B.A. in Business...

Myrl Goodwin

Myrl Goodwin

Sep 10, 2016

Services will be at 2:00 Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Myrl McArthur Goodwin, age 79, of Canyon, Texas passed away peacefully at his home on September 10, 2016. Myrl was born in Canon City, Colorado on February 22, 1937 to Earl and Margaret McArthur Goodwin. He graduated from high school in Durango,...

William Tirey

William Tirey

Sep 8, 2016

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, and Roman Asbill, officiating. William Frank 'Wild Bill' Tirey was born on December 13, 1941 to Frank and Gracie Tirey in Tulia, Texas. He grew up in Happy where he was a 4 year letterman...

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