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.

Shirley Stevens

Shirley Stevens

Feb 23, 2015

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 25 at the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Shirley was born November 30, 1927 to William and Aileen Higgins Thurmond. She married George Stevens on January 6, 1946. He preceded her in...

Dale Fawcett

Dale Fawcett

Feb 19, 2015

Services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Chaplain John Elser officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Dale Thomas Fawcett was born on June 21, 1925 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin...

Zelma Thomas

Zelma Thomas

Feb 17, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Dr. Paul Richardson, pastor of Rockwell Road Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Odessa, TX. Zelma Thomas was born on October 18, 1926 in Paducah, Texas to Robert and Lillie Martin Campbell. She was a graduate of Amherst High School....

Carol Kilchriste

Carol Kilchriste

Feb 10, 2015

Memorial services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, February 13, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Carol H. Schrib Kilchriste was born on February 24, 1930 in Clarendon to Alfred and Eutha Mae Strawn Hamblen. She was a graduate of Clarendon High School and...

Roberta Moore

Roberta Moore

Feb 9, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 11, 2014 at Brooks Chapel with Dan Wisecup and Brian Jagielski officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 8, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Wayside Cemetery. Roberta C. Moore was born on July 14, 1925 in Montague County, Texas to Thomas...

Lois Meador

Lois Meador

Feb 6, 2015

Graveside services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, February 9, 2015 in Palo Duro Wildorado Cemetery with Dr. Ron Muller, pastor of Palo Duro Baptist Church, officiating. Lois Marie Gouldy Meador was born on March 18, 1925 in Wildorado to John and Opal Hodges Gouldy. She graduated from Wildorado High School and attended West Texas State Teachers College. She...

Guy Yates

Guy Yates

Feb 3, 2015

Services will be at 4:00 P.M. on Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Alumni Banquet Hall on the campus of WTAMU with Father Robert A. Busch, Ph.D. officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Guy Paul Yates was born on April 22, 1934 in O'Brien to Chester Lewis and Liddie Belle Thompson Yates. He was a veteran of the U.S....

Jaunita Newton

Jaunita Newton

Jan 28, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Terry Callis officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Jaunita Newton was born on June 25, 1945 in Bromide, Oklahoma to Nathan and Christine Ellis. She married Charles Newton on August 30, 1963 in Canyon, and he preceded her in death on August 23, 2007....

Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas

Jan 27, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. David Crump, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Bill Thomas was born on January 1, 1929 in Canyon to Lynson and Mary Thomas. He was a graduate of Canyon High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in...

Billie Sparks

Billie Sparks

Jan 25, 2015

Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 29 at Dreamland Cemetery with David Crump, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Billie was born May 9, 1930 in Castro County to Joseph and Euna Jordan Alley. She married Allen Sparks on March 8,...

Ellen Read

Ellen Read

Jan 23, 2015

Graveside Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Dreamland Cemetery with Travis Bennett officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M. on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Ellen Faye Read was born on September 17, 1927 in Tulia to Douglas and Georgia Gafford. She married Cecil Read on June 22,...

Micky Mccarter

Micky Mccarter

Jan 23, 2015

Services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 28 at the First Baptist Church in Canyon with David Riley and Hank Hough, both of Kingdom Dog Ministries, officiating. Graveside services will be 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 28 at the Old Mobeetie Cemetery in Mobeetie. He was born in Canyon, TX on February 20, 1958, to Roy McCarter and Luella Irwin McCarter....

Patricia Cooper

Patricia Cooper

Jan 22, 2015

Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Matt Johnson, associate pastor of Family Life Church of Amarillo, officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Patricia Ann Cooper was born on October 2, 1950 in Big Springs to...

Roy Hollenstein

Roy Hollenstein

Jan 12, 2015

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, January 16, 2015 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Umbarger with Rev. Daniel Dreher officiating. A Vigil will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Roy Hollenstein was born on February 1, 1951 in Canyon to Anton and...

Alice Moody

Alice Moody

Jan 7, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 12, 2015 at South Georgia Baptist Church with Bob Miller officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Alice Adams Moody was born on March 28, 1921 in Milam County, Texas to Robert Huel and Myrtle Violet Mosley Adams. She received her nursing degree from Shannon School of Nursing in San...

Betty Morrison

Betty Morrison

Jan 4, 2015

Betty Clark Morrison, 90, died peacefully and quietly at home on Sunday afternoon, January 4, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held at the First Baptist Church in Canyon at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 8, 2015. Betty was the youngest of six girls of the family of Dallas and Susan Clark. The Clarks originally arrived in Texas shortly after...

Mary Yarbrough

Mary Yarbrough

Jan 4, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at St. Ann's Catholic Church. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. A Rosary will follow at 7:00 P.M. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Mary Beth Yarbrough was born on March 31, 1949 in the Panama Canal Zone...

Ann Warwick

Ann Warwick

Jan 3, 2015

Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, First United Methodist Church, officiating. Launita Ann Warwick was born July 3, 1944 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA to Gerald and Jaunita Warwick. Ann graduated from Canyon High School in 1962. She graduated from West Texas State University...

Nora Summers

Nora Summers

Jan 2, 2015

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. David Gadberry, pastor of The Summit, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, January 5, 2015 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be at 4:00 P.M. in Restlawn Cemetery in Hereford, TX. Nora Lee Summers was born on February...

Janie Nemic

Janie Nemic

Jan 2, 2015

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon. Janie Nemic was born on April 8, 1922 in Ellis County to Theodore and Josephine Knize Dlabaj. She married Albert Nemic on December 28, 1969, and he preceded her in death in 1988. She worked as an account analyst in...

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