Obituaries

Modesto Yanez Jr.

Feb 19, 2015

ROTAN- Modesto G. Yanez, Jr., 79, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015, in Sweetwater. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 23, 2015, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, with burial following at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. A rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral...

Emma Denton

Feb 18, 2015

ROTAN- EMMA ONA DENTON, 80, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at her home in Rotan. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2015 , at Belvieu Cemetery, directed by Weahtersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015 at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born December 23,...

Billy Terry

Feb 16, 2015

Billy Ray Terry was born on June 1, 1927 to Pink Terry and Orpha Stuart Terry outside of Roby, on the "family's home place". He was the 7th of 8 children. He married Thana Lee Young, daughter of George and Lizzie Young on September 19,1952. They had one daughter Dianna and one son Steve. Billy passed from this life...

Dorothy Burrow

Feb 16, 2015

ROTAN- DOROTHY LOUISE (COX) BURROW, 94, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015, in Rotan. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015, at the Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, directed by Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Weathersbee-Ray Funeral Home. Born July 3, 1920, in...

Willard Roddy

Feb 3, 2015

Rotan Willard Leon Roddy, 76, passed away February 3, 2015, in Rotan. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015, at WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Belvieu Cemetery under the direction of WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Born September 10, 1938, in Marlin, Willard was...

Wanda Haines

Feb 2, 2015

Wanda Maxine Clark Haines Wanda Maxine Clark Haines, of Lubbock, passed away on February 2, 2015, at the age of 82. She was born on November 10th, 1933, in Royston, to Claud and Irene Gruben Clark. She attended school in Rotan and received her LVN certification at Shannon Hospital in San Angelo. Her nursing career began in Sonora and...

Maxne Warshaw

Jan 30, 2015

ROBY MAXINE T. WARSHAW, 88, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015, in Sweetwater, Texas. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015, at the First Baptist Church of Roby, with burial following at the Roby Cemetery, directed by WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 3:004:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at...

Ricardo Molano

Jan 29, 2015

Born July 27, 1929, in Del Rio, Texas, Ricardo was the son of Jose and Ana Talamantes Molano. He married the love of his life, Carlotta Menjares, on December 13, 1948, in Florence, Arizona. Ricardo worked in Agriculture for most of his life, working in the Roby area for over 40 years. In his spare time, Ricardo enjoyed fishing...

Dora Mitchell

Jan 28, 2015

Dora Dee was born August 17, 1924, in the Pledger Community to J.D. and Elsie Lee Knox Mitchell. She attended school in Sylvester for eleven years, graduating at the age of seventeen. She had lived in Pledger until going to college at ACC now ACU, then graduated in 1944 at the age of twenty. Her first teaching job was...

Joseph Floyd

Jan 27, 2015

J.W. Floyd, age 90, longtime resident of Bartlesville, OK, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at his daughters home in Columbus, GA, after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at WethersbeeRay Funeral Home in Rotan, TX. Visitation will be held before the service at 9:00 a.m....

Martin Warren

Jan 26, 2015

M.D. was born May 17, 1935 on the Warren family farm in Fisher County Texas. He married Edna Doggett in Snyder, Texas on December 26, 1958. In 1962, M.D. and Edna moved to Whitney, Texas where they raised their family. During the 1980s they moved to Navarro Mills, Texas. His career brought them to Granbury, Texas in 1990 where...

Joyce Holcomb

Jan 26, 2015

Born March 21, 1929, in Hamlin, Texas, Joyce was the daughter of John and Martha Bell Sammrall Barnett. She graduated from Hamlin High School, and married Gene Holcomb on November 17, 1956, in Sylvester, Texas. Gene and Joyce moved to California in 1963, where she worked as a beauty operator. The couple moved to Midland, Texas, in 1972, where...

Rebecca Burk

Jan 19, 2015

Becky was born in Rotan, Texas to the late Bernadine Johnson and Richard Brownlee. She was a proud Jayton Jaybird, class of 1974. Becky and Vick Burk were married January 3, 1975. She worked for the city of Bryan and Texas AM University while her husband attended veterinary school. Becky was a longtime employee of Rotan Insurance Agency until...

Bobby Barrington

Jan 18, 2015

Bobby was born in Greggton, Texas to E.P. Barrington and Dathne Arnold Barrington. He married Peggy Jewell Cobb on June 27, 1997 in Abilene, Texas. He worked as a government trapper until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Barrington of Breckenridge daughters, Carol Atkins and husband, Bo of Breckenridge, Mary Hooks and husband, Randy of Stratford son, Jackie...

Walter Jones

Jan 15, 2015

Walter was the son of the late Kay and Kelly Whitt Jones. He married Edith Jones in Washington and worked as a mechanic. Walter enjoyed going fishing and hunting. He was a member of the Tye Church of Christ. Walter is preceded in death by his wife, parents, three sisters, and two brothers Survivors include three daughters, Wilma Menefee,...

Ismael Barrera

Jan 12, 2015

Born June 10, 1928, in Millers View, Texas, Willie was the son of Bonifacio and Dominga Pena Barrera. He married the love of his life, Susie Medrano, on January 6, 1951, at Saint Josephs Catholic Church in Rotan. Willie worked for National Gypsum as a heavy equipment operator for 44 years. In his spare time, he enjoyed working on...

Louise Lemons

Jan 11, 2015

Born September 8, 1925, in Liberty, Oklahoma, Louise was the daughter of Edward James and Jenny Linn Massey. She married the love of her life, James Monroe Lemons, on April 23, 1941, in Oklahoma. Louise worked as a clerk for several years, before working as a caregiver for the elderly. She moved to Roby after the death of her...

Ila Helms

Jan 10, 2015

Born March 3, 1921, in Fisher County, Texas, Ila was the daughter of Jonathon and Ima Moise Cleveland. She married Roy O. Helms in 1946 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her favorite scripture was the 23rd Psalm, and her favorite song was In The Garden. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy Helms four sisters, Edna, Catherine, Dollie,...

B.B. Odom

Jan 5, 2015

Service Graveside Belvieu Rotan Rotan, TX  79546 Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2 p.m.

Glen Strickland

Dec 30, 2014

ROTAN GLEN STRICKLAND,78, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2014, in Rotan, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at Belvieu Cemetery in Rotan, Texas, ed by WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.weathersbeerayfh.com. Born December 9, 1936, at the family home in Rotan, Glen was the son of Truett...