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.
Winnifred Lair
Apr 14, 2014
Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 19, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, and Rev. Kevin Deckard, associate pastor of Polk Street United Methodist Church of Amarillo officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M. on Friday, April 18, 2014 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland...
Wayne Cope
Apr 10, 2014
Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. Steve Olsen officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 14, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Wayne was born July 31, 1935, on a farm near Happy, TX, to...
Vera Brown
Apr 9, 2014
Services were held at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, April 14, 2014 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with David Lough, minister of University Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Vera A. Brown was 101 years old when she died on April 9, 2014. As a small girl, Vera was taken by her parents in a covered wagon...
Chloe Wright
Apr 8, 2014
Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon. Chloe Norris was born on June 7, 1923 in Ada, Oklahoma to Minnie Montgomery Norris and Hugh Norris. Chloe grew up in Ada, graduated from Ada High School and then from the University of Oklahoma. She married Charles Edward Wright in 1947. They...
J. Roberts
Apr 8, 2014
Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, April 11, 2014 at Brooks Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. J.C. Roberts was born on August 24, 1933 in Rice, Texas to William and Martha Hartley Roberts. He graduated from the...
Jessie Averill
Mar 30, 2014
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Mr. Tim Atchison officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Friday, April 4, 2014 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dewey City Cemetery, Dewey, Oklahoma. Jessie Averill was born on September 13, 1929 in Hale Center, Texas...
Don Hefner
Mar 30, 2014
Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Don Hefner was born on December 28, 1939 in Plainview to...
Mike Mcdonald
Mar 29, 2014
Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Canyon, officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Mike R. McDonald was born on October 21, 1945 in San Francisco, CA to...
Daniel Zevely
Mar 23, 2014
Memorial Services will be at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Brooks Chapel with Deacon Gabe Rivas officiating. Daniel Zane Zevely was born on October 15, 1952 in Pampa, Texas to Claud and Inell Brotherton Zevely. He received his bachelor's degree from West Texas State University in 1975 and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He served...
Karen Dulaney
Mar 13, 2014
Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 17 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Dr. Howard Batson, pastor First Baptist Church of Amarillo, officiating. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 16 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Karen was born May 6, 1948 in Canyon to Crawford Ruthart...
Shirley Buchanan
Mar 12, 2014
Shirley Ann Buchanan, of Canyon, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the age of 73. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 15 at Brooks Chapel with Shane Nease and Bubba Collins, officiating. Preceding her in death were her mother, Irene Burton, four sisters, Ruth Ammons, Billie Murray, Sallie Cuthbert, and Martha Martinez. A special thanks to her...
Kiera Ledesma
Mar 10, 2014
Vigil will be 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 12 at Brooks Chapel with Deacon Gabe Rivas, officiating. Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at St. Ann?s Catholic Church with Rev. Phu Phan, celebrant, officiating. Kiera Faith Ledesma was born March 7, 2014 in Amarillo, Texas to Luciano and April Ledesma. She was preceded in death...
Richard Yanz
Mar 3, 2014
A memorial service will be held at Brooks Funeral chapel at 2:00 pm on Saturday March 8th, 2014 with Rev. John Abbott officiating. Richard John Yanz, 79, died March 3rd after a 9 month battle with cancer. Although a southwesterner for his later years, he was a midwesterner in his heart. Born in Whitefish Bay Wisconsin, he graduated high school...
Amy Lee
Mar 3, 2014
Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, March 7, 2014 at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 11:00A.M. on Friday, March 7, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. Kyle Streun, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hereford, officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 6,...
Estell Allen
Mar 1, 2014
Estell J. Allen, 81, died on March 1, 2014. No services are planned. Estell leaves behind one sister and two brothers, Adeline Padilla and Juan Juarros from Colorado Springs, CO and Benjamin Juarros from Albuquerque, NM. Estell was born on a homestead farm in Mora County, NM. She was the youngest of nine children born to Adeline Alcon-Buck and Juan...
Imogene Price
Feb 27, 2014
Imogene ""Jean"" B. Price died February 27, 2014, at the age of 93. A loving mother and ""Grammy"" to six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, she was a dedicated and effective elementary school teacher, an ordained elder and deacon in the Presbyterian Church, and a faithful friend to many in the town of Canyon, where she lived for her entire adult...
Kenneth Stubbert
Feb 22, 2014
Memorial Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Hillside Heights Rehabilitation Suites in Amarillo. Kenneth Stubbert was born on January 20, 1931. He was a long time resident of Canyon and Amarillo. There are no known survivors.
Charles Burrus
Feb 21, 2014
Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church of Canyon with Dale Hogan, brother-in-law, officiating. Charles E. Burrus was born on February 21, 1942 in Randall County to Tony and Dorothy Hagar Burrus. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Powers, of Amarillo; two...
Harry Buster
Feb 15, 2014
Services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, February 18 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, February 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Harry Oliver Buster was born December 2, 1940 in Childress to Sterling and Mary Buster. He graduated from...
Virgil Cottrell
Feb 8, 2014
Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Enns, pastor, officiating. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesay, February 12 at Brooks Chapel from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Dink was born in Vilas, Colorado in his parents home on January 12, 1935 to Virgil...
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