All Obituaries

Peggy (Morgan) Anderson, 86, passed away peacefully July 25, 2021, after a long illness. Graveside service will be 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in the Roby Cemetery. Directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan. There will be a visitation for family and friends on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the funeral home. Peggy was born June 25, 1935, in Roby, to the late Joe and Iva Morgan. She married Zanna Anderson in 1953 in Lewisville, Arkansas. She loved her...

Vola Ruth (Ratliff) Moore, 85, formally of Stamford, Texas, passed away Friday, July 23, 2021, in Big Spring, Texas. Graveside Services will be held 11:30 am. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in the Roby Cemetery, in Roby Texas, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home in Rotan, Texas. Born September 22, 1935, in Royston, Texas, Vola was the daughter of Walter Alvin and Mary Vesta (DeShazo) Ratliff. On December 5, 1952, she married the love of her life, Marion Franklin (Frank) Moore, in Clovis,...

Deanie Branch Matthews. 92 passed away Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Jayton. Graveside services will be 11:00 am on Monday, July 26, 2021, in the Jayton Cemetery under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, July 25, 2021, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the funeral home in Rotan. Deanie was born on May 2, 1929, in Fisher County to George and Ruby (Patton) Branch. She graduated from Jayton High School and married Jimmy Matthews on March 23, 1947, in...

Janice Marie Murff Copeland strolled into heaven to meet her Savior on July 20th, 2021. Janice was born in Rotan to James Adell Murff and Lurlene Dutton Murff on December 23rd, 1938. She graduated from Roby in 1957 and went on to attend Draughon’s Business College in Abilene where she lived with cousins, Milton and Evelyn Murff. During her time within Abilene, she worked at Thornton’s Department store which is where she first met Glenn in the fall of 1957. They began to date and...

Neva Ruth Kingsfield Phillips, 92, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 13, 2021. She is now living her eternal life with our Lord. Funeral Services will be 10:00 am Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Crossroads Baptist Church with burial to follow at Belvieu Cemetery directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home of Rotan. Neva was born March 17, 1929, in Fisher County to Roy and Elizabeth Kingsfield. She was a devoted servant of God and was a proud member of Crossroads Baptist Church where her...

Jack Allan Williamson passed away July 4, 2021, in Abilene. Services will be 11:00 AM on Friday, July 9 at the Rotan Church of Christ directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. A visitation for the family will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, July 8, 2021, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Jack Allan Williamson entered this world to the sound of Christmas carols echoing in the hall.  Jack was born Christmas Eve 1946 to John Ray Williamson Jr and Viola Mae Cummings Williamson in Phillips,...

Charlie Horton, 86, of Roby passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Graveside services will be Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 1:00 PM in the Roby Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born November 3, 1934, in Rotan, Charlie was the son of the late Barney and Jimmie Horton. He married Wanda Palmer on December 25, 1952, in Roby, Texas. Together they raised two children, Tina D’Ann and Bradly Lane. Charlie and Wanda were happily married for over sixty-eight years. Charlie...

Benito M. Silvas passed away Monday, June 7, 2021. Services will be 10:00 am on Friday, June 11, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan. Burial will follow in Belvieu Cemetery directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home.  There will be a family visitation followed by rosary on Thursday, June 10, 2021, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Funeral Home. Benito was born June 16, 1942, in Gregory, Texas to the late Domingo and Manuela Silvas. He came to Rotan in the 1960*s. He met his wife...

Roby resident Ronald Burl Crowder, 73, died at his home on May 30, 2021. Celebration of Life will be held at the First Baptist Church in Rotan, Texas on Saturday June 19, 2021 at 1:00pm for family and friends. Ron was born January 11, 1948, in San Angelo, Texas. He graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1966. After graduation, Ron moved to Alaska to follow his father’s footsteps, working in the early years of Alaska’s Oil Industry, settling in the Kenai-Nikiski area....

Lori (Loving) Muskevitsch, a lifelong resident of Rotan, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 28, 2021. A graveside service will be held 2:00 pm on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home of Rotan. Lori was born May 18, 1962 to Nancy (Darden) Counts and Lewis Calvin Loving. She was a caring and beautiful women and will be missed by all who loved her. She was preceded in death by her father, Lewis and sister, Kathy...