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.

Porter Vaughn

Porter Vaughn

Dec 17, 2010

Services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, December 20, 2010 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Debra Huffman, pastor of First Christian Church, officiating. Private Interment at Dreamland Cemetery. Porter Freeman Vaughn was born on August 30, 1925 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Tumi and Lockie Vaughn. He graduated from Handley High School in Ft. Worth and attended Texas Wesleyan...

Brian Lair

Brian Lair

Dec 17, 2010

Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Hillside Christian Church with Johnathan Mast, officiating. Private interment at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 20 from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. at Brooks Chapel. Brian Gregory Lair was born December 30, 1982 in Amarillo to Greg and Marshi Lair. He graduated from Canyon High...

Charles Owen

Charles Owen

Dec 16, 2010

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Memorial Services at 2:00 P.M. at Brooks Chapel with John Spooner and David Cartwright officiating. Charles Cleburn Owen was born May 15, 1935 to Cleburn and Dorothy Owen in Ryan, Oklahoma. He met the love of his life, Jessie Dell Neeley, in Levelland...

Kenneth Weavers

Kenneth Weavers

Dec 9, 2010

Services will be Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 2:30 P.M. at the First Baptist Church of Happy with Pastor Larry Miles officiating. Burial will be in Happy Cemetery. Kenneth Leo Weavers was born on February 11, 1940 in Mary"s Home, Missouri; he was the son of the late Herman Weavers and Opal McNew Weavers Jones. On May 16, 1958, he...

Ruth Boston

Ruth Boston

Dec 9, 2010

Services will be Saturday, December 11 at 10:00 A.M. at Brooks Chapel with Dale De Raad and Dan Wisecup officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, December 10, 2010 at Brooks Funeral Directors. Burial will be at Wayside Cemetery. Ruth was born March 27, 1919 in Rome, Texas to Charles and Bertha Bryan. She attended...

D. Blankenship

D. Blankenship

Dec 3, 2010

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. D.D. "Don" Blankenship was born on May 26, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas to Horace and Clara Buchmeir Blankenship. He was a graduate of Wamego High School in Wamego, Kansas...

Eva Kennamer

Eva Kennamer

Nov 28, 2010

10:00 A.M. on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Brooks Chapel with Bob Shepard, Elder, University Church of Christ, officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 P.M. on Thursday, December 2 at Floydada Cemetery, Floydada, Texas. Eva Marie Lewis Kennamer was born on June 10, 1923 in DeSoto, Texas to Willie and Myrtle Lewis. She was a 1942 graduate of Floydada...

Lucy Labrie

Lucy Labrie

Nov 27, 2010

Memorial Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the First Presbyterian Church in Canyon with Rev. Don Stribling and Rev. Mark D. Heaney officiating. Lucy S. LaBrie was born on July 1, 1938 in Ohio to Walter and Hannah Gill Schaefer. She graduated from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia with a Bachelor of Education...

Josephine Friemel

Josephine Friemel

Nov 27, 2010

A Vigil of Evening Prayer will be 7PM, Tuesday at Brooks Funeral Chapel in Canyon. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00AM, Wednesday, Dec.1, 2010 at St. Ann"s Catholic Church, Canyon, Texas, Rev. Phu Phan celebrant. Burial will follow at Dreamland Cemetery. Josephine was born January 7, 1914 in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska to Louis and Mary Wieck. As a...

Thelma Mcfarland

Thelma Mcfarland

Nov 24, 2010

Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, November 26, 2010 at Dreamland Cemetery with Rev. Patrick Six, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Thelma Jo Pruett Foster McFarland was born on January 23, 1918 in Reed, Oklahoma to Walter L. And Myrtle Jonas Nabours. She owned and operated The Village Inn Restaurant in Canyon with her sons...

David Patterson

David Patterson

Nov 19, 2010

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 22, 2010 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. John McClean officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. David Patterson was born on July 29, 1935 in Doyle, Oklahoma to John and...

Joe Gidden

Joe Gidden

Nov 15, 2010

Rosary will be 7:00P.M. Thursday, November 18 at Brooks Chapel. Services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, November 19 at St. AnnA?A??TMs Catholic Church with Rev. Daniel Dreher, Director and Chaplain of Campus Ministries, officiating. Joe Howard Gidden was born February 20, 1924 in Tulia, Texas to William and Rebecca Gidden. He married Irene Acker on September 17, 1946 in Amarillo....

Addysson Young

Addysson Young

Nov 11, 2010

Services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, November 19 at the home of Debbie and Tyler Casida, 16451 Bexley, Canyon, TX 79015. Addysson brought more joy, happiness and love to me, showed me the true meaning of love and GodA?A??TMs love for that life is not the same when youA?A??TMre a mom its better, fuller, happier and now I understand the...

Lloyd Reyher

Lloyd Reyher

Nov 11, 2010

Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 15 at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Travis LaDuke, retired Baptist minister, officiating. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. Lloyd R. Reyher was born July 6, 1930 in Wiley, Colorado to Robert and Ruth Reyher. He graduated from Wiley High School in 1948 and then attended Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma....

Dalton Moore

Dalton Moore

Nov 8, 2010

Services will be 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at Trinity Fellowship Church in the West Sanctuary with Rev. Larry Miles and Rev. John Love officiating. Interment will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at Brooks Chapel. Dalton Gage Moore was born on June 17, 1998...

Dyrel Wells

Dyrel Wells

Nov 8, 2010

Services will be 3:00 P.M. Thursday, November 11 at The Summit with Sherman Eastland, Chaplain of Odyssey Healthcare, officiating. Interment will be at Dreamland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 10 at the First Baptist Church Ministry Center, 1620 4th Avenue, Canyon, TX. Dyrel Austin Wells was born August 3, 1959 in Amarillo....

Dale Rogers

Dale Rogers

Nov 4, 2010

Dale "Preacher" Rogers was born February 25, 1914 in Erath County, Texas to O.S. and Minkie Rogers. Dale was the second-youngest of six children. He married Neoma Kiser on January 11, 1947 in Hale Center, Texas. When Dale was 7 years old the family moved to Hale Center. All of his school years were in Hale Center schools, except one...

Lloyd Ellis

Lloyd Ellis

Oct 30, 2010

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Brooks Chapel with Rev. Bruce Kirby, pastor of Parkland Baptist Church of Clovis, and Rev. Alan Stoddard, pastor of First Baptist Church of Ruidoso, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Lloyd Earl Ellis was born on August 12, 1922 at Lorenzo, Texas to William Thomas...

Nettie Platt

Nettie Platt

Oct 16, 2010

Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at The Summit with Kenny Price officiating. Burial will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday at Dreamland Cemetery. Nettie Marie Platt was born on February 12, 1925 in Canyon, Texas to Ernest and Lillie Mae Coats Prichard. She married Thomas D. Platt in Clovis, N.M. and he preceded...

James Pauley

James Pauley

Oct 12, 2010

Memorial services will be at 6:00 P.M. on Friday, November 26 at Community Fellowship Church, 1944 E. 10th, with Eddie Ortega, pastor, officiating. James Arthur Pauley was born September 18, 1962 to James and Vera Echols Pauley. James was a maintenance man all of his life, most recently with At Home Properties. He was always very concerned for his children...

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