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.

Kathy Culp

Kathy Culp

Jul 8, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 11, 2015 at Hillside Christian Church, South Campus on Bell St. with Ken Haney, Chaplain, Interim Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Kathy Culp was born on February 1, 1953 in Wellington, TX. She graduated from Caprock High School and married her high school sweetheart, Rickey Culp. She received...

Anna Bellah

Anna Bellah

Jul 5, 2015

Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 11 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, and Dr. Mike Bellah, officiating. Anna Fern Bellah was born September 4, 1924 to Florence Brown Zimmer and Anton Zimmer in Stratford, Texas. She passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015 after a brief illness. She graduated from...

Bonnie Ray

Bonnie Ray

Jun 28, 2015

Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Bonnie Louise Ray was born on October 20, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio to Eugene...

Arthur Jackson

Arthur Jackson

Jun 12, 2015

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at Trinity Fellowship Chapel with David Lough, minister of University Church of Christ in Canyon officiating. Arthur Jackson was born on October 11, 1945 in Belmont County, Ohio to Arthur and Frances Swaton Jackson. He married Judith Harper on March 19, 1965 in Rockville, Maryland, and they moved...

Ike Lawson

Ike Lawson

Jun 10, 2015

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, June 12, 2015 at Happy Cemetery with Rev. Tom Stribling, pastor of United Methodist Church of Happy, officiating. Ivon Leon "Ike" Lawson, Jr. was born on September 21, 1943 in Amarillo to Ivon "Spud" and Ruby Pugh Lawson. The family would like to send a special thank you to Baptist St....

Royce Boyce

Royce Boyce

Jun 9, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Shawn Wyly officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Royce E. 'Cotton' Boyce was born on March 5, 1927 in Rogers New Mexico to Ely and Nancy Wallan Boyce. They moved to Canyon in 1930, where Cotton grew up and attended school. During his...

Ina Wilson

Ina Wilson

Jun 6, 2015

Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, June 8, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Sherman Eastland, chaplain of Gentiva Hospice, officiating. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday at Palo Duro Retirement Village in Canyon. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at Brooks Chapel....

Leslie Hail

Leslie Hail

Jun 6, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. David Lowrie, pastor of First Baptist Church of El Paso, and Rev. Steve Olsen, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, June 8, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Leslie...

Darrel Lehman

Darrel Lehman

Jun 5, 2015

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Darrel Lehman was born on August 2, 1930 in Woodward, OK to Elmer and Goldie Lewis Lehman. He married Merle Graves in April of 1950. He retired from the maintenance department at Dalhart ISD...

Don Read

Don Read

Jun 4, 2015

Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, June 8 at the First United Methodist Church. Private interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, June 7 from 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Don was born January 20, 1964 in Canyon to Margaret and Paul Read. He graduated from Canyon High School in 1982....

Walter Cranmer

Walter Cranmer

Jun 2, 2015

Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 5 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. Walter was born June 9, 1939 in a farmhouse outside of Conway, Texas to Elmer and Mary Elizabeth Nepper Cranmer. The family relocated to Canyon in 1948 to run a dairy. He married Janice Yarbrough November 2, 1958 in...

Billy Bible

Billy Bible

May 31, 2015

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 2 at the Wayside Community Church with Archie Echols, officiating. Burial will be at Wayside Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Billy Gene was born June 10, 1936 in Randall County outside of Happy to Lester Frank and Winnie Pearson Bryan....

Sheri Gebhart

Sheri Gebhart

May 29, 2015

Memorial services will be 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 2 at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Andy Blair, pastor, officiating. Sheri Lynn (Stribling) Gebhart of Canyon, Texas, died May 29, 2015. Born March 16, 1954, to Baldwin J. and Ninna-Kate (Watrous) Stribling, she was the second of four children. Growing up in Canyon, she graduated from Canyon High School...

Margaret Ransom

Margaret Ransom

May 24, 2015

Services will be 10:30 A.M. Saturday, May 30 at Brooks Chapel with Walter Ransom, son, and Dr. Mike Bellah, son-in-law, officiating. Graveside services will be at 3:00 P.M. at the Claude Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, May 29 from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Margaret was born August 23, 1916 to Newell Atwood and Mary Elizabeth...

Barbara Thornton

Barbara Thornton

May 23, 2015

Barbara J. Jones Thornton was born in Borger on September 23, 1947daughter of Milton Jonce Clement and Aura Jane Clement. She married Dwight Lynn Jones on February 4, 1966. She was preceded in death by her husband Dwight Lynn Jones, her father Milton Jonce Clement & her grandmother Mildred Rook. She is survived by her husband, Jimmy L. Thornton; daughter,...

Jerry Renner

Jerry Renner

May 6, 2015

Graveside services will be 10:00 Monday, May 11 at Dreamland Cemetery with Elder Lyman Little, Primitive Baptist Church of Borger, officiating. Jerry Wayne Renner was born November 9, 1943 in Friona to John and Virginia Renner. Jerry moved to Canyon from Friona in 1959. He went to work for the City of Canyon in June 1962 at 19 years old...

Kenneth Blackwell

Kenneth Blackwell

May 5, 2015

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 9 at Brooks Chapel with Ricky Pfeic, pastor Emeritus at Accelerated Church of Amarillo, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Kenneth Dewain Blackwell was born on April 9, 1951 in Meridian, Mississippi to Jake and Sadie Blackwell. He moved to Canyon where he has resided with his wife for twenty years. He...

William Long

William Long

May 4, 2015

Graveside services were held on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Canyon officiating. Memorial services will be at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at the Shepherd of the Valley Presbyterian Church, 1801 Montano Road, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87107. William A.(Bill) Long was born in Canyon, Texas...

Patricia Johnson

Patricia Johnson

Apr 25, 2015

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Hillside Christian Church in Canyon with Sherman Eastland officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Patricia "Tricia" Johnson was born on December 12, 1955 in Abilene to William and Helen Welch Smith. She graduated from...

Betty Miller

Betty Miller

Apr 24, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church in Happy with Rev. Tom Stribling officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, April 27, 2015 at Happy's Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery, Happy, Texas Betty Jean Miller was born June 21, 1946, in...

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