Obituaries

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...

Terry Mauldin

Dec 22, 2014

Born June 19, 1941, in Hamlin, Terry was the son of Guy Solomon and Lorene Grace Tindall Mauldin. Terry grew up in Sylvester, and attended Roby High School, where he played Football and Basketball, graduating in the class of 1959. On November 18, 1960, he married the love of his life, Judye Murff, in the living room of her...

Carl Martin

Dec 22, 2014

Carl Anson Martin North Richland Hills, Texas. Carl Anson Martin passed away Monday, December 22, 2014. Carl was a graduate of Hobbs High School, Hobbs, Texas, in 1971. Carl lived in the Fort Worth, Texas, area for most of his adult life. He was a selfemployed general contractor. Service: 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2014, at Cross Roads...

Fermina Hernandez

Dec 16, 2014

A Funeral Mass was held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 2014, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Rotan, with burial following at Belvieu Cemetery, ed by WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. A rosary was held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at WeathersbeeRay Funeral Home. Online ROTAN FERMINA GAUNA HERNANDEZ, 77, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014,...

Brenda Sheehan

Dec 9, 2014

Visitation Home of Tye Harrison 814 State Hwy 92 Rotan, TX  79546 Friday, December 12, 2014 6 to 7 pm Service Funeral Service First Baptist Church 201 N. McKinley Rotan, TX  79546 Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:30 am

Sheila Welch

Dec 7, 2014

Sheila Dolin Welch, 76, an NCHA NonPro Hall of Fame inductee and wife of cutting legend Buster Welch, passed away on Sunday, December 7. Her family held a private Graveside service at Cottonwood Flats Cemetery. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2014, at the River of Life Church in Abilene. Born in...