JERRY CANIDA
TUPELO-Graveside Services for Jerry Canida, 74, of Tupelo are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Rev. Bob Graham will officiate. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.
Mr. Canida died Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at a Coalgate hospital. He was born January 16, 1940 in Tupelo, Oklahoma to John Earl and Albirdie Bryant Canida. He graduated from Tupelo High School.
He married Wanda Sue Stacy. He later married Carylon Billey on June 11, 2004. Mr. Canida served in the U. S. Army from 1957 until retiring in 1977. Later, he managed the Stonewall Feed Store. Mr. Canida was a member of the Tupelo First Baptist Church, a member of the D.A. V. and the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Carylon Canida; three daughters, Tina Bryant and husband Ralph of Sterling, Amanda Pendleton of Tupelo, and Melesa Parker of Tupelo; a brother, Terry Canida and his wife Leda of Coalgate; and his grandchildren, Natalie, Malayna, Kathleen, Aleah, and Blaine Bryant; Blake and Madalyn Pendleton; and Kristyn and Kolton Parker; several step-children; and step-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Kenny Pearce, Phillip Henry, Terry Young, Blaine Bryant, Kolton Parker and Blake Pendleton.
In lieu of flowers those who wish may make memorials to the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, P. O. Box 274, Tupelo, OK 74572 for cemetery upkeep.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada