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.

David Gisch

David Gisch

Nov 30, 2015

Memorial services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Freedom Fellowship Church in Canyon with Pastor Darren Dye officiating. David Joseph Gisch was born December 18,1992, in Baton Rouge, LA, to Warren Gisch and JoAnna Beagle Gisch. David grew up in Canyon, Texas and attended Canyon Public Schools. He received his Assoc. Degree from Amarillo College...

James Miller

James Miller

Nov 28, 2015

Memorial services will be held by the family on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at The Old Red Barn in Amarillo. James Ross Miller was born on January 4, 1960 in Amarillo to James and Lilla Smith Miller. Everybody loved him. Survivors include two sons, John Miller and wife, Alexandra, of Amarillo and River Miller; his mother, Lilla...

Ralph Hix

Ralph Hix

Nov 26, 2015

Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Olsen, pastor, officiating. Graveside services will be 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 1 at Memorial Heights Cemetery in Lefors. Ralph was born March 26, 1930 in Ringling, Oklahoma to William and Mary Smith Hix. On April 16, 1948, he married Lola Chaudoin. They were...

Mollie Smyrl

Mollie Smyrl

Nov 26, 2015

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 30 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 29 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Lucille was born February 12, 1918 in Fletcher, Oklahoma to Crawford and Mable Gross...

Josephine Baca

Josephine Baca

Nov 22, 2015

Mass will be celebrated 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 25 at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Fr. Robert A. Bush PhD., celebrant, officiating. Vigil will be 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 24 at Brooks Chapel with Deacon Gabriel Rivas, officiating. Burial will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Josephine was born June 27, 1916 to Luis and Abelina Gonzales Borquez in Norton, New Mexico....

Marjorie Shaw

Marjorie Shaw

Nov 20, 2015

A service celebrating Sam's life will be held at 3 pm on December 5, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Canyon, Texas with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. Sam was born December 5, 1939 in Aurora, Illinois to Ralph B. and Gladys (Wheeler) Schlapp of Oswego, Illinois. A 4th generation farm girl, Sam was actively involved in band,...

Virgil Trosper

Virgil Trosper

Nov 20, 2015

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday at CrossRoads Country Church,14425 FM 1541 South Washington, in Amarillo with Rev. Bob Miller officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Monday, November 23, 2015 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon....

Anna Erwin

Anna Erwin

Nov 18, 2015

Services will be at 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 21,2015 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Anna Ruth Erwin was born on September 24, 1922 in Canyon to William and Anna Knecht Schmitz. She was a graduate of Canyon High School. She married Kenneth Erwin in...

Linda Mccasland

Linda Mccasland

Nov 13, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, November 16, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Clay J. Brown, minister of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Linda McCasland was born in Ft. Worth, Texas. She was raised in Amarillo in a loving home by her parents, J. Murl and Pearl Miller...

Sadie Brandt

Sadie Brandt

Nov 12, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 16, 2015 at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Father Robert A. Busch officiating. A Rosary will be held at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Umbarger, Texas. Sadie Lea Brandt was born May 19, 1934 in Wichita Falls, TX...

Memory Thomas

Memory Thomas

Nov 7, 2015

Memorial service will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Wayside Community Church. Memory Lee Gillham Thomas was born on June 6, 1926 in Wayside to Memory Loyse and Bonnie Adams Gillham, one of thirteen children. She married Maxwell Luther Thomas on June 25, 1950 in Snoqualmie, Washington. Memory majored in Home Economics which she used to...

L. Hopper

L. Hopper

Nov 6, 2015

Graveside services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Happy Cemetery with Leland Hutson, elder, Canyon Hills Church of Christ, officiating. L. Irene Parker Hopper was born on February 9, 1927 in Tahoka to John Horton Parker and Lola Patriel Brown Parker. She lived her young years at Draw and graduated from Abernathy High School. Irene...

Barney Taylor

Barney Taylor

Nov 6, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon, Texas. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Barney Joe "Papa" Taylor entered into the gates of heaven to live in eternity with the Lord on Friday, November 6, 2015. Joe was born on June 5, 1934 in Blackburn, Oklahoma to James Anderson and Laura...

Glen Hix

Glen Hix

Nov 5, 2015

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Lefors Memorial Heights Cemetery in Lefors, Texas with Pastor Jack Maddox, pastor of First Baptist Church of Post, officiating. Glen W. Hix was born on March 1, 1949 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Ralph and Lola Chaudoin Hix. He was a Vietnam Veteran in the U.S. Navy and...

Shirley Church

Shirley Church

Oct 30, 2015

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Ellis Funeral Chapel in Midland, Texas. Arrangements by Ellis Funeral Home, with local arrangements by Brooks Funeral Directors. Shirley Perkins Church was born on August 17, 1935 in Fisher County, Texas to Cecil and Lillian Lee Perkins. She graduated from Roby High School and attended McMurry University...

Mary Wyly

Mary Wyly

Oct 29, 2015

Graveside service will be at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, November 2, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery with Lennie McCay, associate pastor of Washington Avenue Christian Church, officiating. Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. at Washington Avenue Christian Church in Amarillo with Jim Shelburne, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Sunday, November 1, 2015...

Joann Reynolds

Joann Reynolds

Oct 24, 2015

Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 27 at Dreamland Cemetery with Mike Kuhlman, officiating. Joann was born to Sallie Bennett Cooley and Webb B. Cooley Sr., October 2, 1928 in Jasper, Texas. The family moved to Dallas in 1933. She graduated from North Dallas High School in 1946 where she was a two year member of the Women's...

Jo Walker

Jo Walker

Oct 24, 2015

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 26 at Dreamland Cemetery with Billy Walker, officiating. Jo was born to Ora and Burt Newlin on August 13, 1921. She married Jack Walker. They were married for 52 years. He preceded her in death in 1993. Jo was a world traveler and a well known Quarter Horse Breeder. Survivors include a...

Delbert Walker

Delbert Walker

Oct 23, 2015

Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 28 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Olsen, pastor, officiating. Delbert M. Walker, age 76, let go of his earthly bonds on Friday, October 23, 2015 to join his heavenly father, surrounded by his family. Del was born July 18, 1939 to Ray Milton Walker and Mary Alice Walker (Robbins) in...

Betty Johnston

Betty Johnston

Oct 20, 2015

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Damon Deaton, pastor of Faith Community Church, officiating. After inurnment, burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery, beside her late husband, Lewel G. Johnston, who preceded her in death on January 13, 2001. Mrs. Johnston-Reneau was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, attended schools in...

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