The death of Gordon Robert "Gordie" Carnahan, beloved husband of Pearl, occurred at the Brandon Regional Health Centre on Saturday, November 8, 2003. The Funeral Ceremony will be held at Central United Church, 327-8th Street on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 2:00 pm. The Rev. Laird Russell-Yearwood will officiate. Interment will follow in the Brandon cemetery. Friends who wish may make a donation in memory of Gordie to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, #3-824-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 5B7 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, Manitoba Division, 193 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2B7. Complete obituary information will follow. Expressions of Sympathy may be forwarded to memorieschapel@mts.net. Arrangements are with Memories Chapel & Pre-Planning Centre, 727-0330.

CARNAHAN: Gordon Robert Carnahan, husband of Pearl, passed away at the Assiniboine Centre, early November 8, 2003. Gordon (Gordie) was born to the late Stanley and Elsie (Humphries) Carnahan of Kemnay, Manitoba, on November 1, 1927. He received his education in Kemnay and lived on the farm nearby, for most of his life. In 1958 he married Betty Blythe. After this marriage ended, in 1970, he moved to Brandon where he worked as a real estate agent and broker for a few years. In 1976,he became manager of Scotia Towers, remaining there until his retirement in 1995. During this period, he met Pearl Rodgers (Nee Williamson) whom he married February 25, 1977. The great love of Gordie's life was music. He began playing the fiddle when he was eighteen and, in the early fifties, he did radio shows on CKX with the Moonlight Melodiers. In 1955, along with Russ Gurr, he appeared on the first television show at CKX, known as the Roy Brown Variety Show. This was followed by five consecutive seasons on TV. He played fiddle on the "Co-op" Jamboree which was a very popular show throughout southwestern Manitoba at the time. In later years, Gordie and Pearl played for dances, entertained at concerts, and volunteered their time and music at most of the seniors' homes and hospitals in this area. Many hours were also spent teaching students to play the fiddle. Gordie was very proud of these kids' accomplishments and they became family to him and Pearl. Besides his many other accomplishments Gordie has composed over 1,300 fiddle tunes, as well as several country gospel songs. He has, also, won many trophies at Fiddle Contests. In 2001, Mayor Reg Atkinson honoured Gordie and Pearl, on behalf of the Brandon Cowboy Poetry Gathering, for their outstanding contribution to the development of young Manitoba musicians. In 2002, they were honoured by the Manitoba Fiddle Association for their many years in promoting, preserving and encouraging old time fiddle music. Gordie was predeceased by his parents Stanley and Elsie Carnahan and his brother-in-law, Bill McCreath. Left to mourn his loss are his wife Pearl, his sister Eleanor McCreath and her family, as well as his step-son Murray Rodgers and his family, and step-daughter Frances VanHorne and her family. A service of remembrance was held at Central United Church on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. Interment took place in the Brandon Cemetery. Arrangements were with Memories Chapel. Memorials
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Manitoba, or Canadian Cancer Society