Obituaries

Feb 8, 2023

Mildred Roddy passed away February 8, 2023 at Hendrick Medical Center, surrounded by her children. Services will be Saturday, 11:00 am. February 18, 2023 at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Rotan. There will be a visitation time prior to the service beginning at 9:00 am. Burial will be in Belvieu Cametery.

Mildred was born February 13,...

Jan 27, 2023

Marsha Lynn Smith went home to be with her Lord and Savior January 27, 2023 after a courageous fight with cancer. Marsha was born September 8, 1953 to Loyd Valton Armstrong and Linda Lucille Boen. She married Alvin Martin Smith on June 22, 1973.

Marsha worked as a respiratory therapist and then a rural mail carrier for 34...

Jan 19, 2023

Michael Shayne Rodgers passed away January 19, 2023. Memorial Service will be 2:30 pm Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan, Texas. There will be a visitation prior to the service beginning at 1:00 pm.

Shayne was born October 5, 1971 in Hamlin, Texas. He was the only son of Sherrie (McCright) and Randy...

Jan 16, 2023

Sarah Ann Allen passed away January 16, 2023, in Aspermont, Texas. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Friday, January 20, 2023 at First Baptist Church of Rotan. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM prior to the service. Burial will follow in Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan. Services will be under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home....

Jan 15, 2023

Enid LaVerne (Keener) Thomas was called home to be with our Lord and Savor Jesus.  She passed with loved ones by her side.

She was preceded in heaven by her parents, Emory and Lola Keener, sister, June Alread, one brother, Albert Kenneth, husband, Jim K Thomas, and daughter Phyllis K Ryals.

She is survived by...

Jan 13, 2023

Pete Garcia Sr. passed away January 13, 2023 in Rowlett, Texas. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM Thursday, January 19, 2023 at the Rotan Church of Christ with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home, Rotan, Texas. Visitation will be 9:00 AM, prior to the service on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at the...

Jan 12, 2023

Charles Richard Wright, 76 of Rotan Texas passed away peacefully January 12, 2023. Graveside services will be 11:00 am. Tuesday, January 17, 2023 in the Hobbs Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Monday, January 16, 2023 at Weathersbee Ray Funeral home in Rotan Texas.

Richard was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas on...

Jan 8, 2023

Annie Josephine Settle passed away January 8, 2023 in Colorado City, Texas. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM Saturday, January 14, 2023 at the Rotan Church of Christ with burial to follow in Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home, Rotan, Texas.

Annie was born March 22, 1938 in Rotan, Texas to the late O.C....

Jan 6, 2023

A private service will held Monday, January 9, 2023.

Jan 1, 2023

Bettie Jo Acker Hargrove (95) was born to parents Ray Acker and Estelle Wooten Acker on November 25, 1927, in Hobbs, Texas.

She married the love of her life Bernice Alton Hargrove on December 15, 1946, in Rotan, Texas. They were married 35 wonderful years until his death in 1981. They made their life together farming and...

Dec 30, 2022

Hazel Eaton, 91, passed away on December 30, 2022 in Bangs, Texas. Graveside services will be 12:00 pm on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 in Roby Cemetery directed by Weathersbee-Ray funeral home. A visitation will be held at the Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan, Texas starting at 10:00 Wednesday morning, January 4, 2023.

Hazel was born on November...

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

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 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 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...