Tempe Noel Cabaniss

Click Here to View Service Tempe Noel Cabaniss of Salado, TX, 88, passed away September 5, 2023. Born in Temple in 1934, Tempe grew up on the Griffith farm in Salado where he worked the land with his grandfather, mother, father, sister, and other members of the family. Tempe graduated from Salado High School in 1953 and attended West Texas State University, now West Texas A&M University Canyon on a football scholarship. Tempe entered military service with the United States Army in 1958 and, after basic training at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas, was stationed at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. There, in a post coffee shop, he met the loveliest woman he had ever seen, Lois Smith. Tempe and Lois were married in 1961 in Radcliff, Kentucky. They were seldom apart for the next 62 years. After completing his military service in 1962, Tempe went to work for Olin Chemical Corporation in Brandenburg, Ky. He retired as Maintenance Manager from Olin in 1990 after 28 years of employment. Tempe and Lois sold their home in Kentucky and for the next ten years travelled by RV across the United States, seeking cool mountains during the summer and warmer climates during the winter. In 2001, they built a new home on the old family farm and enjoyed life in Salado. Tempe was an avid music fan of almost all types of music, with special love for ragtime piano, classical Spanish guitar, gospel singing quartets with good, low bass, and beautiful voices of all types. He loved to photograph the natural beauty of the western United States and hunt for rocks to cut and make gorgeous jewelry for his family as part of his lapidary hobby. Tempe loved reading travel magazines and the western novels of Zane Grey, but his greatest love of all was to spend time with his family and close friends. Tempe was a member of Fifteenth Street Church of Christ in Temple . Tempe was preceded in death by mother Susie Griffith Cabaniss of Salado, father Earl Claude Cabaniss of Salado, and sister Leah Gail Cabaniss Buzzard of Salado. Tempe is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lois Smith Cabaniss of Salado; one sister, Claudia Cabaniss of Salado; two brothers, Dennis Cabaniss and wife Lyndal of Salado, and Boyce Cabaniss of Lampasas, TX; two daughters, Kari Hinds and husband Glenn of Rineyville, KY, and daughter Lisa Clement and husband Benny of Salado; two grandsons, Dale Clement and Sean Clement; grandchildren by marriage, Tyler Hinds, Megan Hinds-Wade, Mollie Hinds-Wade; one great-grandchild by marriage, Maddie Hinds-Wade; family friends Tom Welch, Max and Gayle Washington; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other friends. Visitation will be held at Dossman Funeral Home, 2525 N. Main St. Belton, TX on Sunday, September 24, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Dossman on Monday, September 25 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Bell Plains Cemetery in Salado. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Love of Christ Food Pantry at www.locfoodpantry.org , Helping Hands Ministry at www.helpinghandsbelton.org or the Salvation Army at www.salvationarmyusa.org