Matthew Kyle Terry

Matthew Kyle Terry, 24, passed away October 22, 2026, in a home setting at Houses for Healing, with his family present.
Matthew was born January 10, 2002, at Abilene Regional Hospital in Abilene, Texas. He was the son of Elizabeth Jane (Oertli) Curtis and Leslie Kyle Terry. Matthew graduated from AOP Christian Home School Monarch in 2020. After graduation, he pursued his interest in cooking and food service. He enjoyed preparing food for family, friends, and those at his workplace. He also created his own recipes, which he loved preparing for others.
Matthew loved God and his family deeply and regularly visited them, including each of his grandparents and his great-aunt.
He enjoyed his pets: Willow, the cow dog; Prince, the cat; and Winnie Pooh, the dachshund given to him by his surgical team, who helped fulfill one of his last wishes. He also enjoyed road trips to see different sights and collecting this and that.
He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth and husband Jim Curtis of Hereford, Texas; His father Leslie Kyle Terry and wife Dedra, brother Kenneth Terry and wife, Alex of Lubbock, Texas; sister Sara Price of Baird, Texas; brother Matthew Curtis of Hereford, Texas; and sister Kathleen Curtis of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Bill Poor of Tuscola and Christi Moore and her husband, Daniel, of Clyde, Texas, and Grandfather William (Bill) Terry of Tuscola, Texas. He is also survived by multiple nieces and nephews, Maggie May Price, Luke Wayne Price, Sophia Bruel, Nicholas Garcia, and Benjamin Joseph Dale Davis. Brandon Dawson and Ethan Maxwell and his wife, Amy; great-nephew Cade Maxwell, all of Clyde, Texas.
A celebration service will be held at 2:30 Sunday, November 1, 2026, at Parker Jacobs Funeral Home Chapel, 141 E 3rd Street in Baird, with Caleb Waldrop officiating.