Obituaries

Dec 30, 2022

Margaruet Jolene Smith, 90, of Jayton, Texas passed away December 30, 2022. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at the First Assembly of God Church in Jayton, with burial to follow in the Jayton Cemetery. There will be a visitation at the church prior to the service from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Services...

Dec 26, 2022

Lonnie Delona Cox passed away December 26, 2022. Services will be 11:00 am on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at the Roby First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Roby Cemetery. There will be a visitation before the services starting at 10:00 am at the church. Services will be directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home.

Delona was...

Dec 12, 2022

Annie Weems (Grannie Annie) of Rotan passed away Monday, December 12, 2022. Services will be 10:00 am Friday, December 16, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Rotan, with burial to follow in the Texas Veterans Cemetery in Abilene under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. There will be visitation prior to the service at the First Baptist Church...

Dec 3, 2022

Dorothy Lavrne Starnes passed away December 3, 2022 in Granbury, Texas. Services will be 10:00am, Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Rotan, Texas, with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery. There will be a visitation prior to the service starting at 9:00am at the Funeral Home.

Lavrne was born March 7, 1928 in...

Nov 26, 2022

Henry Murl McKinney died November 26, 2022 in Hendrick Hospice care in Abilene. He was born May 22, 1927 to Clyde and Clara (Gabel) McKinney in the Pleasant Valley Community. He married Francene Roberts May 5, 1955. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Rotan for over sixty years. Murl served in the Army during World War...

Nov 26, 2022

Della Coreen Lawlis entered her eternal rest in the Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Kent County Nursing Home in Jayton, Texas.  Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm Friday, December 2, 2022 at the Methodist Church of Roby. There will be a visitation prior to the service starting at 12:00 pm at the church. Burial will...

Nov 23, 2022

William Leo Long, 83 of Rotan, died Tuesday, November 23, 2022 in a Lamesa Nursing Home. Funeral will be at 10:00am on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at First Baptist Church Rotan.  Visitation will be at 9:00am right before the service.

Leo Long was born February 20, 1939 in Rotan, Tx to Monte and Hazel Long. He grew up...

Nov 23, 2022

Mary Annetta Taylor Hawkins went home to be with our Lord and Savior on November 23, 2022.

Mary was born April 23, 1935 in Rotan, Texas. She was the daughter of Samuel Jefferson Taylor and Gladys Mary Gaston Taylor. Mary spent the majority of her life living in Rotan. She worked from home as an Avon Representative.  Mary...

Nov 19, 2022

Elizabeth Ann Dickson passed away on November 19, 2022.  The family will honor her memory with a private service at a later date.

Elizabeth was born on February 21, 1952, to Hubert and Dorothy (Combest) Gilbreath.  She married Larry Lee Dickson on March 19, 1992, in Lueders.  They moved to Rotan in November 1997 where she loved...

Oct 28, 2022

Doris Marie Jones, of Conroe, Texas passed away Friday, October 28, 2022. Visitation will be 10:00 am Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan, Texas, with graveside service 11:30 am held at the Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, Texas.

She was born September 16, 1936 in Roby, Texas, to Leroy and Gladys Early....

Oct 26, 2022

Thomas Alexander Smith, 92, of Jayton, Texas passed away October 26, 2022. There will be a visitation from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on Saturday, October 29 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral home in Rotan, Texas. Funeral service will be 1:00 pm on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at the First Assembly of God Church in Jayton, with burial to follow...

Oct 10, 2022

Johnnie “Evelyn” Gallagher, age 82, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 10, 2022.  She was born in New Hebron, Mississippi where she lived with her parents and siblings throughout her childhood and teenage years.  Then she became a Texas girl and spent the rest of her life around family and friends where she became a loving mother, grandmother, and...

Oct 4, 2022

Jessie Marie (Horton) Moore Burleson, 96 of Roby, Texas passed away October 4, 2022. Graveside Services will be 11:00 AM Friday, October 7, 2022. Visitataion will be from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, October 6, 2022 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan.

Jessie was born April 9, 1926 in Fisher County to the late Joe Carlton...

Oct 4, 2022

Don J Allen, 86, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022 in Aspermont, Texas. A Graveside Services will be 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Don was born in Jones County, Texas on February 26, 1936 to the late Frank and Ruby Allen. He was a graduate of McCaulley High School, joined the...

Sep 18, 2022

Bertha Lee (Johnson) Carr passed away from natural causes on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 93 years of age.  Services will be 10:00 am on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at the Methodist Church in Rotan, Texas with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home.

Born on May 23, 1929 in Vernon, Texas, Bertha...

Sep 12, 2022

Donald Ray Whitley, 81 passed from his earthly body to his Heavenly Home on Monday September 12, 2022. Visitation will be held Friday, 1:00 pm at the Rotan Four Square Church, 701 N. McKinley Ave. in Rotan, Texas, with the service following at 2:00 pm. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery. Services directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home.

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Sep 8, 2022

Bettie Rivers, 86, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022. A visitation will be held on Saturday, September 10, 2022, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Rotan.  Services will be 1:00 pm Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the First United Methodist Church of Roby with burial to follow in the Roby Cemetery.

Bettie was born in Fisher County on April 9,1936 to Wayne, and Floy (Headstream) Pursley. She married Archie Rivers on January 7, 1956.Bettie worked in Fisher County Clerck’s...

Aug 19, 2022

Manuel Yanez, 81 of Rotan passed away August 19, 1922. Rosary will be 6:00 pm on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be 10:00 am Thursday, August 25, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery.

Manuel was born May 5, 1941, in...

Aug 3, 2022

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Aug 1, 2022

Clifford Leroy Kenyon, 76, of Rotan passed away Monday, August 1, 2022. A Graveside Services will be 11:30 AM on Thursday, August 11, 2022 in Belvieu Cemetery. There will be a visitation at 4:30 on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel.

Clifford was born in Sayre, Oklahoma on August 30, 1945 to the...