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.
Gretchen Schartz
Jul 18, 2016
Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 23 at Polk Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Canyon, officiating. Gretchen was born in Amarillo on July 22, 1962 to Don and Betty Deckard. She married the love of her life, Tony Schartz, and from that day on they were inseparable....
Joyce Stubblefield
Jul 15, 2016
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, July 18, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Joyce Stubblefield was born on July 25, 1928 in Tahoka...
Willie Butler
Jul 10, 2016
Services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 13 at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Dr. Richard Shaw, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Happy, and Travis LaDuke, officiating. Burial will follow at Happy Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, July 12 at Happy's Memorial Chapel. Willie was a long...
Ramona Wakefield
Jul 8, 2016
Celebration of life services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Hillside Christian Church Chapel in Amarillo with Michael Kelly officiating. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday at Lawn Havens Memorial Gardens, Clovis, NM. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at...
Laura Stevens
Jun 28, 2016
Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, July 1, 2016 at Wayside Community Church with Rev. Bruce Howard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hedley, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Burial will be in Wayside Cemetery. Laura Stevens was born in Memphis on...
Willie Diggs
Jun 22, 2016
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at Brooks Chapel with George Hamontree, First Baptist Church deacon and Canyon Cares director, officiating. Music will be by Lorrie and Gene Jones, Associate Pastor of Second Half Ministries, First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Willie Iona Avary Osborn Diggs, 96, died Wednesday, June 22,...
Darlene Thomas
Jun 17, 2016
Memorial services will be held by the family on July 9, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at the University Church of Christ in Canyon. Darlene Martin Thomas was born on August 26, 1946 in Pampa to James and Gladys Mauck Martin. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Thomas and...
H. Fulton
Jun 16, 2016
Services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, June 20, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 19, 2016 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be private. H.R. Fulton was born on August 26th, 1925 at the family home north of Canyon,...
Glenda Abernethy
Jun 13, 2016
Memorial services will be at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 16 at Brooks Chapel with Nancy Biffle, officiating. Graveside services will be at 5:00 P.M. Thursday, June 16 at Kelton Cemetery. Glenda was born June 25, 1947, in Wheeler to H.D. "Teed" and Helen Whiteley Pond. She graduated from Kelton High School in 1965. Glenda was a longtime resident of Canyon...
Buddy Price
Jun 9, 2016
Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, June 13 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Olsen, pastor, and Bud Townsend, officiating. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Buddy was born March 4, 1924 to G.E. and Ethel Barker Price in Runnels County, Texas. Several times he tried to enter the military but because of a horseback injury, almost severing...
Dorotha Woodman
Jun 6, 2016
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 8 at Brooks Chapel from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 9 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon. Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, June 9 at Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hereford. Dorotha "Scotty" was born in Clovis, New Mexico on April 28,...
Mary Hinders
Jun 5, 2016
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, June 10, 2016 at First Christian Church with Rev. Debra Huffman, officiating. Private burial will follow. Carolyn was born September 20, 1926 to Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Black in Canyon. She was the middle child and only daughter born to the couple. Carolyn's family were amongst some of the founding...
Peter Mcnally
Jun 1, 2016
Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, June 16 at Brooks Chapel with Terry Callis, officiating. Graveside services with Military Honors provided by Volleys for Veteran's and the Patriot Guard will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Peter Darrell McNally was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on June 1, 2016. Born to Michael and Gertrude McNally, Denver, Colorado,...
Carlene Langley
May 30, 2016
A memorial service will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, June 3, 2016 at Brooks Chapel, 1702 5th Avenue in Canyon. Friends and family are invited to speak at the service. Carlene Denise Langley, 59, of Canyon, died on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2016. She was born January 27, 1957 at Emporia, Kansas to Carl and Peggy Langley. She earned four...
W. Gray
May 25, 2016
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 28, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. W. Jerry Gray was born on December 20, 1942 in Clarendon to William Vance...
Shannon Canada
May 23, 2016
Services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 1 at Brooks Chapel with Rob Seale, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clarendon, officiating. Military graveside by Volleys for Veterans will follow at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch Alumni Cemetery. Shannon was born July 14, 1975 in Tulia, Texas. She proudly served her country in the US Navy. An Arizona resident since 2013,...
Wade Bell
May 21, 2016
Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at Wayside Community Church with Byron Williamson and Archie Echols officiating. Wade Lee Bell was born on May 23, 1960 in Liberal, Kansas to James Douglas and Peggy Jo Forbes Bell. He married Kandi Watson on May 29, 1981 in Wayside. Wade worked with EMS for 33 years...
Lana Stevenson
May 16, 2016
Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 18 at the Church of Christ in Happy with Loran Harper, minister of Comanche Trails Church of Christ, officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. in Silverton Cemetery. Lana was born on May 4, 1951 in Dimmitt to Dozier and Jane Thornton. She married Max Stevenson on July 12, 1968 in...
Hellen Peeples
May 16, 2016
Services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 19, 2016 in Brooks Chapel with Rev. Steve Olsen, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Amarillo. Hellen C. Peeples was born on July 29, 1920 in Wellington to Shannon and Edna Brooks Clement. She attended Samnorwood High School, graduating in 1938. She married...
Betty Howard
May 15, 2016
The family will receive friends at Brooks Chapel on Monday, May 16 from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 17 in University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, officiating. Burial will follow in Dreamland Cemetery. Betty was born Sept. 18, 1933, to Ross and Opal Craig, Texas Panhandle pioneers whose family arrived in Randall...
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